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01-09-2013 | Correspondence

Towards the end of the antibiotic era: let’s save the ancient soldier Colistin!

Authors: Alberto Corona, Riccardo Colombo

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 9/2013

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Title: Towards the end of the antibiotic era: let’s save the ancient soldier Colistin!
Authors: Alberto Corona
Riccardo Colombo
Publication date: 01-09-2013
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 9/2013
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-013-2955-3

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