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Minding the gap: Rethinking implementation of antimicrobial stewardship in India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 May 2019

Payal K. Patel*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Author for correspondence: Payal K. Patel, Email: here@here.edu

Abstract

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