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Development of macrolide resistance in Bordetella bronchiseptica is associated with the loss of virulence.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Oct 2018
Dewan Kalyan K, Skarlupka Amanda L, Rivera Israel, Cuff Laura E, Gestal Monica C, Taylor-Mulneix Dawn L, Wagner Shannon, Ryman Valerie E, Rodriguez Coralis, Hamidou Soumana Illiassou, Levin Bruce R, Harvill Eric T
Abstract excerpt
Background: Why resistance to specific antibiotics emerges and spreads rapidly in some bacteria confronting these drugs but not others remains a mystery. Resistance to erythromycin in the respiratory pathogens Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae emerged rapidly and increased problematically. However, resistance is uncommon amongst the classic Bordetella species despite infections being treated with...
Topics
- Animals
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Bacterial Adhesion
- Bacterial Toxins
- Bordetella Infections
- Bordetella bronchiseptica
- Cell Survival
- Cytokines
- Disease Models, Animal
