Drug Resistance, Bacterial
"Drug Resistance, Bacterial" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The ability of bacteria to resist or to become tolerant to chemotherapeutic agents, antimicrobial agents, or antibiotics. This resistance may be acquired through gene mutation or foreign DNA in transmissible plasmids (R FACTORS).
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D024881
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G06.099.225 G06.225.347 G07.690.773.984.269.347
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Drug Resistance, Bacterial" by people in Profiles.
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Extensively Drug-Resistant Shigella flexneri 2a, California, USA, 2022. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 07; 29(7):1473-1475.
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Infectious Diseases in Older Adults of Long-Term Care Facilities: Update on Approach to Diagnosis and Management. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2018 04; 66(4):789-803.
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Use of antistaphylococcal beta-lactams to increase daptomycin activity in eradicating persistent bacteremia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: role of enhanced daptomycin binding. Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Jul 15; 53(2):158-63.
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Antimicrobial resistance and aging: beginning of the end of the antibiotic era? J Am Geriatr Soc. 2002 Jul; 50(7 Suppl):S226-9.
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Resistant pathogens: considerations in geriatrics and infectious disease. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2002 Jul; 50(7 Suppl):S225.