New agents for the treatment of infections with Gram-negative bacteria: restoring the miracle or false dawn?

Clinical Microbiology and Infection - Tập 23 Số 10 - Trang 704-712 - 2017
Hugh Wright1, Robert A. Bonomo2, David L. Paterson1
1The University of Queensland, Centre for Clinical Research, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Campus, Brisbane, Australia
2Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA

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