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Original Article

Introducing Fosfomycin for Surgical Prophylaxis-Emergence of Resistance in Aerobic Faecal Gram-negative Bacteria of In-patients, but Not Among Strains Causing Infection after Elective Colorectal Procedures

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Pages 725-733 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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