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ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE

Transient antibiotic resistance calls for attention

Nature Microbiology volume 4, pages 1606–1607 (2019)Cite this article

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Clinicians have long observed that infections diagnosed as susceptible to antibiotics can sometimes resist treatment. New studies show that such treatment failures can be explained by subpopulations of transiently resistant cells that are often missed by standard clinical diagnostics, offering new therapeutic avenues.

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Fig. 1: Heteroresistance emerges from gene amplifications, calling for combined antimicrobial therapy.

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Lázár, V., Kishony, R. Transient antibiotic resistance calls for attention. Nat Microbiol 4, 1606–1607 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-019-0571-x

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