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Record 1 2015-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
CONT

Antimicrobial resistance simply means that the antimicrobial drugs that used to be effective against a particular microbe no longer work because the microbe's biological makeup has changed; it has become resistant to the treatment.

PHR

Antimicrobial use.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
CONT

La résistance aux antimicrobiens renvoie simplement à la baisse d'efficacité des médicaments antimicrobiens utilisés pour lutter contre un microbe donné jusqu'à ce qu'ils deviennent totalement impuissants en raison des mutations biologiques du microbe : ce dernier résiste dorénavant au traitement.

PHR

Usage des antimicrobiens.

Spanish

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