Antibiotics: From prehistory to the present day

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Abstract

Antimicrobials have been in use for many thousands of years in a variety of formats. In this article, I trace how we have moved from ingenious use of agents available in the environment to chemically engineered agents.

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Gould, K. (2016, March 1). Antibiotics: From prehistory to the present day. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv484

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