Aquatic Environments as Hotspots of Transferable Low-Level Quinolone Resistance and Their Potential Contribution to High-Level Quinolone Resistance

The disposal of antibiotics in the aquatic environment favors the selection of bacteria exhibiting antibiotic resistance mechanisms. Quinolones are bactericidal antimicrobials extensively used in both human and animal medicine. Some of the quinolone-resistance mechanisms are encoded by different bac...

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Main Authors: Claudio D. Miranda, Christopher Concha, Félix A. Godoy, Matthew R. Lee
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado: MDPI AG 2022-10-01
Series:Antibiotics
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Acceso en liña:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/11/11/1487