Variable fitness effects of bacteriophage resistance mutations in Escherichia coli: implications for phage therapy.

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Bacteria exposed to bactericidal treatment, such as antibiotics or bacteriophages (phages), often develop resistance. While phage therapy is proposed as a solution to the antibiotic resistance crisis, the bacterial resistance emerging during phage therapy remains poorly characterized. In this study, we examined a large population of phage-resistant extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli 536 clones that...

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