Do We Need to Put Society First? The Potential for Tragedy in Antimicrobial Resistance

Kevin R Foster and Hajo Grundmann

PLOS Medicine, 2006, vol. 3, issue 2, 1-

Abstract: Antimicrobial use presents a dilemma, say Foster and Grundmann. Appropriate use can benefit individual patients but carries a cost to society by selecting for resistant strains that are difficult to treat.

Date: 2006
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