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Plasmid-Mediated Quinolone Resistance; Interactions between Human, Animal, and Environmental Ecologies
1 Jan 2012
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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 chromosome-encoded, due to modifications of molecular targets (DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV), decreased...
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