Antibiotics policy: The arrival of antimicrobial stewardship programmes.

Med Clin (Barc)

Programa VINCat, Barcelona, España; Programa asistencial de experiencia del Institut Català de la Salut (PROA PADEICS), Badalona, España; Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, España.

Published: June 2018

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