Current Epidemiology and Growing Resistance of Gram-Negative Pathogens
David M. Livermore
Korean J Intern Med. 2012;27(2):128-142. Published online May 31, 2012
In the 1980s, Gram-negative pathogens appeared to have been beaten by oxyimino-cephalosporins, carbapenems, and fluoroquinolones. Yet these pathogens have fought back, aided by their membrane organization, which promotes the exclusion and efflux of antibiotics, and by a remarkable propensity to ..
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