Induction of Prophages by Fluoroquinolones in Streptococcus pneumoniae: Implications for Emergence of Resistance in Genetically-Related Clones

Elena López; Arnau Domenech; María-José Ferrándiz; Maria João Frias; Carmen Ardanuy; Mario Ramirez; Ernesto García; Josefina Liñares; Adela G. de la Campa

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0094358

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Induction of Prophages by Fluoroquinolones in Streptococcus pneumoniae: Implications for Emergence of Resistance in Genetically-Related Clones

Elena López ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Elena López, Arnau Domenech

Affiliations Centro Nacional de Microbiología, ISCIII (Instituto de Salud Carlos III), Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain, Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias, ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
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Arnau Domenech ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Elena López, Arnau Domenech

Affiliations Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias, ISCIII, Madrid, Spain, Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge-IDIBELL- Barcelona University, Barcelona, Spain
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María-José Ferrándiz,

Affiliations Centro Nacional de Microbiología, ISCIII (Instituto de Salud Carlos III), Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain, Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias, ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
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Maria João Frias,

Affiliation Instituto de Microbiologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Carmen Ardanuy,

Affiliations Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias, ISCIII, Madrid, Spain, Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge-IDIBELL- Barcelona University, Barcelona, Spain
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Mario Ramirez,

Affiliation Instituto de Microbiologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Ernesto García,

Affiliations Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias, ISCIII, Madrid, Spain, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Madrid, Spain
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Josefina Liñares,

Affiliations Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias, ISCIII, Madrid, Spain, Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge-IDIBELL- Barcelona University, Barcelona, Spain
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Adela G. de la Campa

* E-mail: agcampa@isciii.es

Affiliations Centro Nacional de Microbiología, ISCIII (Instituto de Salud Carlos III), Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain, Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias, ISCIII, Madrid, Spain, Presidencia, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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Induction of Prophages by Fluoroquinolones in Streptococcus pneumoniae: Implications for Emergence of Resistance in Genetically-Related Clones

Elena López,
Arnau Domenech,
María-José Ferrándiz,
Maria João Frias,
Carmen Ardanuy,
Mario Ramirez,
Ernesto García,
Josefina Liñares,
Adela G. de la Campa

Published: April 9, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094358

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