Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance: A bitter fight against evolution

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 303, Issue 6-7, 2013, Pages 293-297

  Rodríguez Rojas, Alexandro ^a   Rodríguez Beltrán, Jerónimo ^a   Couce, Alejandro ^a   Blázquez, Jesús ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Evolution; Mutations; Resistance; Subinhibitory concentration

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA POLYMERASE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DNA REPAIR; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; SHORT SURVEY; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTIBIOTICS; EVOLUTION; MUTATIONS; RESISTANCE; SUBINHIBITORY CONCENTRATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; MUTAGENS; MUTATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84880733615     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2013.02.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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