Mechanism Behind Delayed Development Of Antibiotic Resistance Explained

Thursday, May 7, 2009 - 08:21 in Health & Medicine

Inhibiting the "drug efflux pumps" in bacteria, which function as their defense mechanisms against antibiotics, can mask the effect of mutations that have led to antibiotic resistance. This can provide clues to how the development of resistance to antibiotics in bacteria can be delayed.

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