Defining Fluoroquinolone Resistance-Mediating Mutations from Non-Resistance Polymorphisms in <i>Mycoplasma hominis</i> Topoisomerases

• Main Authors: Martin Sharratt (Author), Kirsty Sands (Author), Edward A. R. Portal (Author), Ian Boostrom (Author), Brian A. Mondeja (Author), Nadia M. Rodríguez (Author), Lucy C. Jones (Author), Owen B. Spiller (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Often dismissed as a commensal, <i>Mycoplasma hominis</i> is an increasingly prominent target of research due to its role in septic arthritis and organ transplant failure in immunosuppressed patients, particularly lung transplantation. As a mollicute, its highly reductive genome and stru...