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A risk for returned travellers: the “post-antibiotic era”

Subhash C Arya and Nirmala Agarwal
Med J Aust 2011; 194 (1): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb04162.x
Published online: 3 January 2011

To the Editor: We share the concern of Fernando and colleagues about the recent emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria via travellers returning to Australia and the resulting reduction of therapeutic options for such patients, who may have entered a “post-antibiotic era”.1


  • Sant Parmanand Hospital, Delhi, India.


Correspondence: subhashbhapaji@gmail.com

Acknowledgements: 

We gratefully acknowledge the technical assistance of Ms Kamini Singh and Ms Geetha Murali.

  • 1. Fernando GATP, Collignon PJ, Bell JM. A risk for returned travellers: the “post-antibiotic era”[letter]. Med J Aust 2010; 193: 59. <MJA full text>

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