JAC Advance Access originally published online on August 30, 2007
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2007 60(4):901-902; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm339
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Best in class: a good principle for antibiotic usage to limit resistance development?—author's response
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Sir,
The point that we were emphasizing in our Leading article was that the use of weaker drugs may select for bacteria resistant to stronger members of the same class.1 In their
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