The researchers also found genes in these isolates that confer resistance to
numerous other antibiotics, as well as genes associated with decreased susceptibility to disinfectants.
Not exact matches
Published today in Genome Research, the study examined a large collection of E. coli isolated from patients with bloodstream infection over more than a decade, some of which were resistant to
numerous antibiotics while
others were not.
Bacteria share DNA with
other organisms with which they come into contact, so an
antibiotic - resistant gene can transfer from one type of bacterium to another, and a bacterial cell can become resistant to
numerous antibiotics at once.