Antibiotic-resistant bugs in the 21st century--a clinical super-challenge.

@article{Arias2009AntibioticresistantBI,
  title={Antibiotic-resistant bugs in the 21st century--a clinical super-challenge.},
  author={C{\'e}sar A. Arias and Barbara E. Murray},
  journal={The New England journal of medicine},
  year={2009},
  volume={360 5},
  pages={
          439-43
        }
}
  • C. Arias, B. Murray
  • Published 10 December 2009
  • Medicine
  • The New England journal of medicine
Drs. Cesar Arias and Barbara Murray write that we have arrived at a point as frightening as the preantibiotic era: for patients infected with multidrug-resistant bacteria, there is no magic bullet. 
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