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SUBMITTER: Jeukens J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7379567 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jeukens Julie J Freschi Luca L Kukavica-Ibrulj Irena I Emond-Rheault Jean-Guillaume JG Tucker Nicholas P NP Levesque Roger C RC
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 20170602 1
Antibiotic resistance is a worldwide health issue spreading quickly among human and animal pathogens, as well as environmental bacteria. Misuse of antibiotics has an impact on the selection of resistant bacteria, thus contributing to an increase in the occurrence of resistant genotypes that emerge via spontaneous mutation or are acquired by horizontal gene transfer. There is a specific and urgent need not only to detect antimicrobial resistance but also to predict antibiotic resistance in silico ...[more]