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Molecular Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance in Gram-Positive Pathogens.
1 May 2001
Abstract excerpt
The widespread and uncontrolled use of antibiotics, both for human consumption and animal feed, has encouraged the development of drug resistance in a variety of pathogenic bacteria. Gram-positive species employ resistance mechanisms which include the modification of the antibiotic structure, mutagenesis of key amino acids in the macromolecular targets of specific chemotherapeutics, or drug efflux from the cell,...
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