Abrupt changes in antibiotic resistance.

doi:10.1016/0195-6701(91)90025-4

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Abrupt changes in antibiotic resistance.

The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Jun 1991

McGowan J E

Abstract excerpt

Sudden increases in prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among bacteria are seen in both hospital-acquired and community-acquired infections. Examples include precipitate change in amikacin susceptibility in a hospital after years of low resistance, the abrupt increase in prevalence of beta-lac...

Topics

Bacteria
Bacterial Infections
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
Genes, Bacterial
Humans
Mutation
Plasmids
Prevalence
Selection, Genetic
Transfection

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