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Antimicrobial resistance in bacteria

  • Katrijn Bockstael EMAIL logo and Arthur Aerschot
From the journal Open Medicine

Abstract

The development of antimicrobial resistance by bacteria is inevitable and is considered as a major problem in the treatment of bacterial infections in the hospital and in the community. Despite efforts to develop new therapeutics that interact with new targets, resistance has been reported even to these agents. In this review, an overview is given of the many therapeutic possibilities that exist for treatment of bacterial infections and how bacteria become resistant to these therapeutics.

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Published Online: 2009-3-27
Published in Print: 2009-6-1

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