| Literature DB >> 11850274 |
Antoine Giraud1, Ivan Matic, Miroslav Radman, Michel Fons, François Taddei.
Abstract
We show in a gnotobiotic mouse model that, in addition to direct selection of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, some antibiotic treatments also select for mutator alleles. Because of these mutator alleles' high mutation rates, the initial treatment failure increases the probability of failures in subsequent treatments with other drugs.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 11850274 PMCID: PMC127494 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.3.863-865.2002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191