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Origins and Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance

Julian Davies, Dorothy Davies
Julian Davies
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
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Dorothy Davies
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
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DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00016-10
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https://doi.org/10.1128/MMBR.00016-10
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20805405

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  • Published online August 30, 2010.

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  1. Julian Davies* and
  2. Dorothy Davies
  1. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
  • ↵* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada. Phone: (604) 822-5856. Fax: (604) 822-6041. E-mail: jed{at}interchange.ubc.ca

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Julian Davies, Dorothy Davies
Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews Aug 2010, 74 (3) 417-433; DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00016-10
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    • SUMMARY
    • INTRODUCTION
    • A LITTLE ANTIBIOTIC HISTORY
    • SUPERBUGS AND SUPERRESISTANCE
    • MECHANISMS AND ORIGINS OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE
    • GENETICS OF RESISTANCE
    • ECOLOGICAL ROLES OF ANTIBIOTICS AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE
    • HOW TO CONTROL OR REDUCE ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE DEVELOPMENT
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Drug Resistance, Microbial
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