Antimicrobial Activity and Resistance: Influencing Factors

• Main Authors: Jun Li (Author), Shuyu Xie (Author), Saeed Ahmed (Author), Funan Wang (Author), Yufeng Gu (Author), Chaonan Zhang (Author), Ximan Chai (Author), Yalan Wu (Author), Jinxia Cai (Author), Guyue Cheng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Rational use of antibiotic is the key approach to improve the antibiotic performance and tackling of the antimicrobial resistance. The efficacy of antimicrobials are influenced by many factors: (1) bacterial status (susceptibility and resistance, tolerance, persistence, biofilm) and inoculum size; (...