Quinolone resistance in absence of selective pressure: the experience of a very remote community in the Amazon forest.

• Main Authors: Lucia Pallecchi (Author), Alessandro Bartoloni (Author), Eleonora Riccobono (Author), Connie Fernandez (Author), Antonia Mantella (Author), Donata Magnelli (Author), Dario Mannini (Author), Marianne Strohmeyer (Author), Filippo Bartalesi (Author), Hugo Rodriguez (Author), Eduardo Gotuzzo (Author), Gian Maria Rossolini (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Quinolones are potent broad-spectrum bactericidal agents increasingly employed also in resource-limited countries. Resistance to quinolones is an increasing problem, known to be strongly associated with quinolone exposure. We report on the emergence of quinolone resist...