Molecular Characterization of Reduced Susceptibility to Biocides in Clinical Isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii

Active efflux is regarded as a common mechanism for antibiotic and biocide resistance. However, the role of many drug efflux pumps in biocide resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii remains unknown. Using biocide-resistant A. baumannii clinical isolates, we investigated the incidence of 11 known/putat...

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Main Authors: Fei Lin, Ying Xu, Yaowen Chang, Chao Liu, Xu Jia, Baodong Ling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01836/full