Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance; interactions between human, animal and environmental ecologies

Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance; interactions between human, animal and environmental ecologies

Resistance to quinolones and fluoroquinolones is being increasingly reported among human but also veterinary isolates during the last two to three decades, very likely as a consequence of the large clinical usage of those antibiotics. Even if the principle mechanisms of resistance to quinolones are...

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Main Authors: Laurent ePOIREL, Vincent eCattoir, Patrice eNordmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Resistance
efflux pump
Plasmid
Qnr
quinolone
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2012.00024/full

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