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Effect of fluoroquinolone resistance selection on the fitness of three strains of Clostridium perfringens.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Dec 2013
Park Miseon, Sutherland John B, Kim Jong Nam, Rafii Fatemeh
Abstract excerpt
Selection of bacterial strains for resistance to antimicrobial agents may affect fitness; and fluoroquinolone resistance has been shown to affect fitness of aerobic and facultative bacteria. The impact on bacterial fitness of resistance selection to three fluoroquinolones was examined in three wild-type strains of Clostridium perfringens: ATCC 13124, ATCC 3626, and NCTR. Selection for resistance to norfloxacin,...
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