Affiliation:
1. Department of Pathobiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Box 357238, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-7238
Abstract
In the last 20 years, changes in world technology have occurred which have allowed for the rapid transport of people, food, and goods. Unfortunately, antibiotic residues and antibiotic-resistant bacteria have been transported as well. Over the past 20 years, the rise in antibiotic-resistant gene carriage in virtually every species of bacteria, not just oral/respiratory bacteria, has been documented. In this review, the main mechanisms of resistance to the important antibiotics used for treatment of disease caused by oral/respiratory bacteria-including β-lactams, tetracycline, and metronidazole-are discussed in detail. Mechanisms of resistance for macrolides, lincosamides, streptogramins, trimethoprim, sulfonamides, aminoglycosides, and chloramphenicol are also discussed, along with the possible role that mercury resistance may play in the bacterial ecology.
Subject
General Dentistry,Otorhinolaryngology
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