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Abstract
Acquisition of drug resistance should impose a cost on bacteria. Recent studies, however, suggest that natural selection acts to reduce, or eliminate, the growth disadvantage of resistant bacteria, making it difficult to reverse the high levels of antibiotic resistance currently found in hospitals and the community.Mesh:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8939559 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(96)00700-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Biol ISSN: 0960-9822 Impact factor: 10.834