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RESISTANT BACTERIUM [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
DEF

Bacterium that is not susceptible to commonly used antibiotics.

OBS

Plural: resistant bacteria.

Key term(s)
  • resistant bacteria

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
CONT

Des protocoles thérapeutiques périodiquement revus, adaptés aux conditions de chaque unité, permettent de limiter l'apparition de bactéries résistantes et de traiter le plus efficacement possible.

CONT

Le phénomène des bactéries résistantes n'est pas nouveau. Peu de temps après avoir découvert la [...] pénicilline G en 1928, le microbiologiste anglais Alexander Fleming a remarqué que les bactéries avaient une très grande capacité d'adaptation. Ainsi, très tôt, on a su que les bactéries pouvaient évoluer de façon à devenir résistantes aux antibiotiques.

Spanish

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