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Clinical Mutations That Partially Activate the Stringent Response Confer Multidrug Tolerance in Staphylococcus aureus.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 21 Feb 2020
Bryson Duncan, Hettle Andrew G, Boraston Alisdair B, Hobbs Joanne K
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Antibiotic tolerance is an underappreciated antibiotic escape strategy that is associated with recurrent and relapsing infections, as well as acting as a precursor to resistance. Tolerance describes the ability of a bacterial population to survive transient exposure to an otherwise lethal concentration of antibiotic without exhibiting an elevated MIC. It is detected in time-kill assays as a lower rate of killing...
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