Article
[Mechanism of antibiotic resistance in bacteria responsible for respiratory infections].
Revue des maladies respiratoires - 1 Jan 1995
Dye D, Croize J, Brambilla C
Abstract excerpt
Bacterial resistance is both a frequent phenomena and in perpetual evolution; currently it effects all antibiotics. The acquisition of resistance is a result of chromosomal mutations or is a contribution of genetic material either as plasmids or transposons. The principle mechanisms which can be isolated or associated can be grouped together under changes of bacterial permeability which alters the target of the...
Topics
- Bacteria
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Respiratory Tract Infections
- beta-Lactamases
