Hidden Selection of Bacterial Resistance to Fluoroquinolones In Vivo: The Case of Legionella pneumophila and Humans

Background: Infectious diseases are the leading cause of human morbidity and mortality worldwide. One dramatic issue is the emergence of microbial resistance to antibiotics which is a major public health concern. Surprisingly however, such in vivo adaptive ability has not been reported yet for many...

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Main Authors: Lubana Shadoud, Iyad Almahmoud, Sophie Jarraud, Jérôme Etienne, Sylvie Larrat, Carole Schwebel, Jean-François Timsit, Dominique Schneider, Max Maurin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-09-01
Series:EBioMedicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396415300724