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Effects of a Mutation in the gyrA Gene on the Virulence of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Aug 2015
Sánchez-Céspedes Javier, Sáez-López Emma, Frimodt-Møller N, Vila Jordi, Soto Sara M
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Fluoroquinolones are among the drugs most extensively used for the treatment of bacterial infections in human and veterinary medicine. Resistance to quinolones can be chromosome or plasmid mediated. The chromosomal mechanism of resistance is associated with mutations in the DNA gyrase- and topoisomerase IV-encoding genes and mutations in regulatory genes affecting different efflux systems, among others. We...
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