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Preface
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There is growing concern over the inexorable rise in antimicrobial resistance affecting both human and veterinary medicine. Indeed, the two disciplines are closely entwined with regard to problems of antimicrobial therapy.
Antibiotics and antimicrobial chemotherapy are one of the major achievements of the twentieth century, beginning with the introduction of the synthetic sulphonamides in the