Fitness gains hamper efforts to tackle drug resistance.
editorial · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 24327563.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.01809 and PMC identifier 3857915.
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Abstract
It has long been assumed that resistance to antibiotics reduces the fitness of disease-causing bacteria, but experiments on Salmonella Typhi, the bacteria that causes Typhoid fever, are now challenging this view.
Medical subject headings
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Fluoroquinolones
- Salmonella typhi