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Assessment of the reversibility of resistance in the absence of antibiotics and its relationship with the resistance gene's fitness cost: a genetic study with mcr-1.
The Lancet. Microbe - 1 Aug 2024
Guo Ziyan, Feng Siyuan, Liang Lujie, Wu Zhuoxing, Min Lulu, Wang Ruizhi, Li Jiachen, Zhong Lan-Lan, Zhao Hui, Chen Xiaoshu, Tian Guo-Bao, Yang Jian-Rong
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BACKGROUND: The intensive use of antibiotics has resulted in strong natural selection for the evolution of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), but whether, and under what circumstances, the removal of antibiotics would result in a rapid reduction in AMR has been insufficiently explored. We aimed to test the hypothesis that in the simple, yet common, case of AMR conferred by a single gene, removing antibiotics would...
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