Diverse Fluoroquinolone Resistance Plasmids From Retail Meat E. coli in the United States
Fluoroquinolones are used to treat serious bacterial infections, including those caused by Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica. The emergence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) represent a new challenge to the successful treatment of Gram-negative infections. As part of a long-term...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2019-12-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02826/full |