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Effect of tolerance on the evolution of antibiotic resistance under drug combinations.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 10 Jan 2020
Liu Jiafeng, Gefen Orit, Ronin Irine, Bar-Meir Maskit, Balaban Nathalie Q
Abstract excerpt
Drug combinations are widely used in clinical practice to prevent the evolution of resistance. However, little is known about the effect of tolerance, a different mode of survival, on the efficacy of drug combinations for preventing the evolution of resistance. In this work, we monitored Staphylococcus aureus strains evolving in patients under treatment. We detected the rapid emergence of tolerance mutations,...
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