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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Superbugs: the ever growing threat in our food supply

Peter Collignon
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A Infectious Diseases Unit and Microbiology Department, The Canberra Hospital, PO Box 11, Woden, ACT 2606, Australia.

B Canberra Clinical School, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia. Email: peter.collignon@act.gov.au

Healthcare Infection 17(4) 145-147 https://doi.org/10.1071/HI12051
Submitted: 2 November 2012  Accepted: 2 November 2012   Published: 27 November 2012


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