Search for dissertations about: "Fernando Baquero"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Fernando Baquero.

  2. 1. Mutations and Mutation Rate in the Development of Fluoroquinolone Resistance

    Author : Patricia Komp Lindgren; Diarmaid Hughes; Fernando Baquero; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Microbiology; Mutation rate; Fluoroquinolone; Resistance; Biological fitness; Urinary tract infection; Escherichia coli; MPC; Mikrobiologi;

    Abstract : The emergence of multidrug resistant bacteria world wide is a serious problem, and very few new drugs are under development. The selection of resistant bacteria is affected by factors such as mutation rate, biological fitness cost and the rate of fitness compensation. READ MORE

  4. 2. Constraints on up-regulation of drug efflux in the evolution of ciprofloxacin resistance

    Author : Lisa Praski Alzrigat; Diarmaid Hughes; Fernando Baquero; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : ciprofloxacin; antibiotic resistance; drug efflux; bacterial fitness; marR; acrR; marA; experimental evolution; Mikrobiologi; Microbiology;

    Abstract : The crucial role of antibiotics in modern medicine, in curing infections and enabling advanced medical procedures, is being threatened by the increasing frequency of resistant bacteria. Better understanding of the forces selecting resistance mutations could help develop strategies to optimize the use of antibiotics and slow the spread of resistance. READ MORE