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Low-Level Antimicrobials in the Medicinal Leech Select for Resistant Pathogens That Spread to Patients

Fluoroquinolones (FQs) and ciprofloxacin (Cp) are important antimicrobials that pollute the environment in trace amounts. Although Cp has been recommended as prophylaxis for patients undergoing leech therapy to prevent infections by the leech gut symbiont Aeromonas, a puzzling rise in Cp-resistant (...

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Autores principales: Beka, Lidia, Fullmer, Matthew S., Colston, Sophie M., Nelson, Michael C., Talagrand-Reboul, Emilie, Walker, Paul, Ford, Bradley, Whitaker, Iain S., Lamy, Brigitte, Gogarten, Johann Peter, Graf, Joerg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6058295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30042201
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01328-18