Induction of prophages by fluoroquinolones in Streptococcus pneumoniae: implications for emergence of resistance in genetically-related clones.

Antibiotic resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae has increased worldwide by the spread of a few clones. Fluoroquinolone resistance occurs mainly by alteration of their intracellular targets, the type II DNA topoisomerases, which is acquired either by point mutation or by recombination. Increase in...

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Main Authors: Elena López, Arnau Domenech, María-José Ferrándiz, Maria João Frias, Carmen Ardanuy, Mario Ramirez, Ernesto García, Josefina Liñares, Adela G de la Campa
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/0ef9ed894b954852a17a4345968c3df1
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