Predictable and unpredictable evolution of antibiotic resistance

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 264, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-16

  Courvalin, P ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Biological cost; Evolution; Insertion sequence; Mutation; Resistance; Transposon

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; MITOMYCIN C; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MUTATION;

EID: 44949121648     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2008.01940.x     Document Type: Review

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