Fitness gains hamper efforts to tackle drug resistance

It has long been assumed that resistance to antibiotics reduces the fitness of disease-causing bacteria, but experiments on Salmonella Typhi, the bacteria that causes Typhoid fever, are now challenging this view.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Dutta, Shanta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2013
Materias:
Epidemiology and Global Health
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3857915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24327563
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.01809
Descripción
Sumario:It has long been assumed that resistance to antibiotics reduces the fitness of disease-causing bacteria, but experiments on Salmonella Typhi, the bacteria that causes Typhoid fever, are now challenging this view.

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