The biological cost of antibiotic resistance

被引:654
作者
Andersson, DI [1 ]
Levin, BR
机构
[1] Swedish Inst Infect Dis Control, Dept Bacteriol, S-17182 Solna, Sweden
[2] Emory Univ, Dept Biol, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
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10.1016/S1369-5274(99)00005-3
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
The frequency and rates of ascent and dissemination of antibiotic resistance in bacterial populations are anticipated to be directly related to the volume of antibiotic use and inversely related to the cost that resistance imposes on the fitness of bacteria. The data available from recent laboratory studies suggest that most, but not all, resistance-determining mutations and accessory elements engender some fitness cost, but those costs are likely to be ameliorated by subsequent evolution.
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页码:489 / 493
页数:5
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