How competition governs whether moderate or aggressive treatment minimizes antibiotic resistance

Understanding how our use of antimicrobial drugs shapes future levels of drug resistance is crucial. Recently, there has been debate over whether an aggressive (i.e., high dose) or more moderate (i.e., lower dose) treatment of individuals will most limit the emergence and spread of resistant bacteri...

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Main Authors: Caroline Colijn, Ted Cohen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2015-09-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/10559