New Study Identifies Unique Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance

Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - 10:00 in Health & Medicine

Microbiologists have identified mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in a clinical isolate of E. coli resistant to carbapenems, a class of "last resort" antibiotics. The new study, in April's Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, found the E. coli genetically mutated four times to resist the antibiotic, showing the lengths to which bacteria will go to survive.

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