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
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- 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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