Modulation of Iron Import and Metronidazole Resistance in Bacteroides fragilis Harboring a nimA Gene

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Bacteroides fragilis is a commensal of the human gut but can also cause severe infections when reaching other body sites, especially after surgery or intestinal trauma. Bacteroides fragilis is an anaerobe innately susceptible to metronidazole, a 5-nitroimidazole drug that is prescribed against the majority of infections caused by anaerobic bacteria. In most of the cases, metronidazole treatment is effective but a...

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