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Original Paper

Antibiotic Consumption, Bacterial Resistance and their Correlation in a Swiss University Hospital and its Adult Intensive Care Units

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Pages 843-850 | Received 13 Mar 2003, Accepted 19 Aug 2003, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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