Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence Common Mechanisms

• Auteur principal: Etienne Giraud (auth)
• Autres auteurs: Axel Cloeckaert (auth), Ivan Rychlik (auth)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Collection: Frontiers Research Topics
• Sujets: Microbiology (non-medical); Antimicrobial resistance mechanisms; Biofilms; Virulence; Fitness costs; Co-Evolution
• Accès en ligne: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Multiple relationships exist between antimicrobial resistance and bacterial virulence, and the spread of clones combining multiple antibiotic resistance and a high virulence level is an increasing problem. It was previously described how mutation-driven or horizontally acquired resistance mechanisms...