Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8746752 | Journal of Infection and Public Health | 2018 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae presented a fitness cost when competing against sensitive E. coli. On the other hand, resistant E. coli only showed a fitness cost when growing in presence of two sensitive K. pneumoniae isolates. These results suggest that ESBL-production genes in E. coli and K. pneumoniae may confer a fitness cost that leads to the decrease in frequency of these bacteria in interspecies competitions. Culturing bacteria in a medium with more diverse isolates can provide better insights into bacterial competition and resistance dynamics, which can be exploited in the search for alternative therapeutic approaches towards the colonization of resistant bacteria.
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Authors
Nourhane Hafza, Caren Challita, Iman Dandachi, Mounir Bousaab, Elias Dahdouh, Ziad Daoud,