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Descriptor English: Drug Resistance, Microbial
Descriptor Spanish: Farmacorresistencia Microbiana
Descriptor farmacorresistencia microbiana
Entry term(s) resistencia a antibióticos
resistencia microbiana a antibióticos
resistencia microbiana a drogas
resistencia microbiana a fármacos
resistencia microbiana a medicamentos
Scope note: Capacidad de los microorganismos, en especial las bacterias, de resistir o hacerse tolerantes a fármacos quimioterapéuticos, antimicrobianos o antibióticos. Esta resistencia puede ser adquirida a través de mutación génica o ADN extraño en plásmidos transmisibles (FACTORES R).
Descriptor Portuguese: Resistência Microbiana a Medicamentos
Descriptor French: Résistance microbienne aux médicaments
Entry term(s): Antibiotic Resistance
Antibiotic Resistance, Microbial
Antimicrobial Drug Resistance
Antimicrobial Drug Resistances
Antimicrobial Resistance, Drug
Antimicrobial Resistances, Drug
Drug Antimicrobial Resistance
Drug Antimicrobial Resistances
Drug Resistances, Microbial
Resistance, Antibiotic
Resistance, Drug Antimicrobial
Resistances, Drug Antimicrobial
Tree number(s): G06.225
G07.690.773.984.269
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004352
Scope note: The ability of microorganisms, especially bacteria, to resist or to become tolerant to chemotherapeutic agents, antimicrobial agents, or antibiotics. This resistance may be acquired through gene mutation or foreign DNA in transmissible plasmids (R FACTORS).
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics; not for protozoa: index DRUG RESISTANCE
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Public MeSH Note: 1963; for ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE see DRUG RESISTANCE 2002-2007
History Note: 1963; for ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE use DRUG RESISTANCE 2002-2007
Related: Microbial Sensitivity Tests MeSH
R Factors MeSH
Superinfection MeSH
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant MeSH
DeCS ID: 22165
Unique ID: D004352
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Date Established: 1963/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2023/05/31
Drug Resistance, Microbial - Preferred
Concept UI M0006841
Scope note The ability of microorganisms, especially bacteria, to resist or to become tolerant to chemotherapeutic agents, antimicrobial agents, or antibiotics. This resistance may be acquired through gene mutation or foreign DNA in transmissible plasmids (R FACTORS).
Preferred term Drug Resistance, Microbial
Entry term(s) Drug Resistances, Microbial
Antibiotic Resistance, Microbial - Narrower
Concept UI M0006842
Preferred term Antibiotic Resistance, Microbial
Entry term(s) Antibiotic Resistance
Resistance, Antibiotic
Antimicrobial Drug Resistance - Narrower
Concept UI M000765075
Preferred term Antimicrobial Drug Resistance
Entry term(s) Antimicrobial Drug Resistances
Antimicrobial Resistance, Drug
Antimicrobial Resistances, Drug
Drug Antimicrobial Resistance
Drug Antimicrobial Resistances
Resistance, Drug Antimicrobial
Resistances, Drug Antimicrobial



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