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By Flavio Guzmán, M.D. on 11/29/08 • Read related articles at: Antibiotics,HIV- AIDS & Infectious diseases,Internal Medicine,Pharmacology animations

Mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance: video animations produced by FDA

The following video explains the mechanisms that bacteria use to develop antibiotic resistance:

Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Resistance

Mutation

Destruction or Inactivation

Efflux ( 1:00)

Genetic Transfer

Conjugation

Transformation

Transduction

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