Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance without Antibiotic Exposure.
Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance without Antibiotic Exposure.
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DOI:
10.1128/aac.01495-17
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发表时间:
2017-11
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
Andersson DI
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作者:
Knöppel A;Näsvall J;Andersson DI
Antibiotic use is the main driver in the emergence of antibiotic resistance. Another unexplored possibility is that resistance evolves coincidentally in response to other selective pressures. We show that selection in the absence of antibiotics can coselect for decreased susceptibility to several antibiotics. Thus, genetic adaptation of bacteria to natural environments may drive resistance evolution by generating a pool of resistance mutations that selection could act on to enrich resistant mutants when antibiotic exposure occurs.