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Phytochemicals increase the antibacterial activity of antibiotics by acting on a drug efflux pump

Drug efflux pumps confer resistance upon bacteria to a wide range of antibiotics from various classes. The expression of efflux pumps are also implicated in virulence and biofilm formation. Moreover, organisms can only acquire resistance in the presence of active drug efflux pumps. Therefore, efflux...

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Autores principales: Ohene-Agyei, Thelma, Mowla, Rumana, Rahman, Taufiq, Venter, Henrietta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4263512/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25224951
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.212