The scourge of antibiotic resistance: the important role of the environment

Finley, Rita; Collignon, Peter; Larsson, D.G. Joakim; McEwen, Scott A.; Li, Xian-Zhi; Gaze, William H.; Reid-Smith, Richard; Timinouni, Mohammed; Graham, David W; Topp, Edward

The scourge of antibiotic resistance: the important role of the environment

Date

2013

Authors

Finley, Rita

Collignon, Peter

Larsson, D.G. Joakim

McEwen, Scott A.

Li, Xian-Zhi

Gaze, William H.

Reid-Smith, Richard

Timinouni, Mohammed

Graham, David W

Topp, Edward

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Abstract

Antibiotic resistance and associated genes are ubiquitous and ancient, with most genes that encode resistance in human pathogens having originated in bacteria from the natural environment (eg, β-lactamases and fluoroquinolones resistance genes, such as q