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Polymyxins A Word of Caution for Prudent Use of Valuable “Old Antibiotics”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Matthew E. Falagas ,
Sofia K. Kasiakou  and
Argyris Michalopoulos
Matthew E. Falagas*
Affiliation:
Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Intensive Care Unit, “Henry Dunant” Hospital, Athens, Greece Department of Medicine, Intensive Care Unit, “Henry Dunant” Hospital, Athens, Greece Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
Sofia K. Kasiakou
Affiliation:
Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Intensive Care Unit, “Henry Dunant” Hospital, Athens, Greece
Argyris Michalopoulos
Affiliation:
Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Intensive Care Unit, “Henry Dunant” Hospital, Athens, Greece Intensive Care Unit, “Henry Dunant” Hospital, Athens, Greece
*
Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), 9 Neapoleos Street, Marousi 151 23, Greece, (m.falagas@aibs.gr)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 9 , September 2006 , pp. 995
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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