Dissecting the evolutionary stealth of our flora against antibiotics

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 121-122

  Mathers, Amy J ^a   Guerrant, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Normal flora; Resistance; Transmissible quinolone resistance (TMQR)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; NORMAL FLORA; RESISTANCE; TRANSMISSIBLE QUINOLONE RESISTANCE (TMQR);

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 84894325686     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/tru002     Document Type: Note

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