Article
[Molecular and epidemiological bases of bacterial resistance to antibiotics].
Annales de recherches veterinaires. Annals of veterinary research - 1 Jan 1990
Guillot J F
Abstract excerpt
The emergence of resistance to antibiotics is related to the genetic determinants of microbial resistance. The characteristics and properties of chromosomal mutations, plasmids, transposons and the various mechanisms of resistance are described. The range of bacterial and genetic exchanges in determining the epidemic spread of resistance to an antibiotic are illustrated and discussed.
Topics
- Bacteria
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Mutation
- R Factors