Antioxidant Molecules as a Source of Mitigation of Antibiotic Resistance Gene Dissemination
José Manuel Ortiz de la Rosa, Patrice Nordmann, Laurent Poirel
Abstract
-acetylcysteine, may antagonize the ability of antibiotics to increase plasmid conjugation rates. These results suggest that several antioxidative molecules might be used in combination with these "inducer" antibiotics to mitigate the unwanted increased resistance plasmid dissemination.
Topics & Concepts
Escherichia coliAntibioticsPlasmidGeneBiologyMicrobiologyAntibiotic resistanceHorizontal gene transferPathogenGene transferEnterobacteriaceaeMicroorganismBacteriaGeneticsGenomeAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsEnterobacteriaceae and Cronobacter Research