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Antibiotic Stewardship: The “Real World” When Resources Are Limited

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Daniel Curcio
Daniel Curcio*
Affiliation:
Instituto Sacre Cour, Infectología Institucional, Buenos Aires, Argentina
*
Santo Tomé 5239 4 to 22, (1419) Capital Federal, Argentina, (djcurcio@gmail.com)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 6 , June 2010 , pp. 666 - 668
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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