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The beginning of the end of the antibiotic era? Part I. The problem: abuse of the "miracle drugs".
Quintessence international (Berlin, Germany : 1985) - 1 Mar 1998
Harrison J W, Svec T A
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The antibiotic era began in the early 1940s with the clinical use of penicillin. Subsequent discovery, development, and clinical use of other antibiotics resulted in effective therapy against major bacterial pathogens. These drugs were so effective that bacterial infectious diseases were considered by many experts to be under complete therapeutic control. However, the scientific community grossly underestimated...
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