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CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION
Volume 22, Issue 5, Pages 405-407Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2016.01.012
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Antibiotic resistance; biochemical mechanisms; emerging disease; genetics of dissemination; resistance evolution
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- Reckitt-Benckiser
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Evolution of bacteria towards resistance to antimicrobial agents, including multidrug resistance, is unavoidable because it represents a particular aspect of the general evolution of bacteria that is unstoppable. Therefore, the only means of dealing with this situation is to delay the emergence and subsequent dissemination of resistant bacteria or resistance genes. In this review, we will consider the biochemical mechanisms and the genetics that bacteria use to offset antibiotic selective pressure. The data provided are mainly, if not exclusively, taken from the work carried out in the laboratory, although there are numerous other examples in the literature. (C) 2016 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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