Biofilm exacerbates antibiotic resistance: Is this a current oversight in antimicrobial stewardship?

doi:10.1186/s13756-020-00830-6

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Biofilm exacerbates antibiotic resistance: Is this a current oversight in antimicrobial stewardship?

Antimicrobial resistance and infection control - 20 Oct 2020

Bowler Philip, Murphy Christine, Wolcott Randall

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OBJECTIVE: To raise awareness of the role of environmental biofilm in the emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance and its consideration in antimicrobial stewardship. BACKGROUND: Antibiotic resistance is a major threat to public health. Overuse of antibiotics, increased international travel, and genetic promiscuity amongst bacteria have contributed to antibiotic resistance, and global containment efforts...

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Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antimicrobial Stewardship
Biofilms
Cross Infection
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Gene Transfer, Horizontal
Humans
Mutation

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PMID: 33081846
DOI: 10.1186/s13756-020-00830-6
PMCID: PMC7576703

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