Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (2002) 49, 429-430
© 2002 The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
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Trends in original research published from the United Kingdom in the antimicrobial literature
Department of Medical Microbiology, Bristol Centre for Antimicrobial Research and Evaluation, North Bristol NHS Trust and University of Bristol, Southmead Hospital, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol BS10 5NB, UK
Sir,
There is increasing concern about the problems of antimicrobial resistance. In the words of the House of Lords' report published in 1998, Resistance to antibiotics ... constitutes a major threat to public health and ought to be recognized as such more widely than at present.1 Despite this, there is a feeling that the UK's contribution to the science of antimicrobial chemotherapy is still in decline. Five years ago a systematic review looking at the
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