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The Garrod Lecture. Evasion of antibiotic action by bacteria.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 May 1996
Courvalin P
Abstract excerpt
Antibiotics have reduced the mortality from infectious diseases but not the prevalence of these diseases. Use, and often abuse, of antimicrobial agents encourages the evolution of bacteria toward resistance, often resulting in therapeutic failure. This evolution is due to the emergence of "new' r...
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