Quinolone-resistant Escherichia coli from the faecal microbiota of healthy volunteers after ciprofloxacin exposure are highly adapted to a commensal lifestyle | Zendy

Victoire de Lastours | Zendy; Alexandre Bleibtreu | Zendy; F. Chau | Zendy; Charles Burdet | Zendy; Xavier Duval | Zendy; Érick Denamur | Zendy; B. Fantin | Zendy

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Quinolone-resistant Escherichia coli from the faecal microbiota of healthy volunteers after ciprofloxacin exposure are highly adapted to a commensal lifestyle

Author(s) -

Victoire de Lastours,

Alexandre Bleibtreu,

F. Chau,

Charles Burdet,

Xavier Duval,

Érick Denamur,

B. Fantin

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkt422

Subject(s) - ciprofloxacin , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , colonisation resistance , colonization , escherichia coli , feces , physiology , antibiotics , genetics , gene

Quinolone-resistant Escherichia coli (QREC) primarily emerge in commensal bacteria under selective pressure. The aim of this work was to investigate the characteristics of QREC from the faecal microbiota after quinolone exposure, as they remain largely unknown.

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