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Biosystems
; 117: 60-7, 2014 Mar.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24467935
RESUMO
We formulate a mathematical model that describes the population dynamics of bacteria exposed to multiple antibiotics simultaneously, assuming that acquisition of resistance is through mutations due to antibiotic exposure. Qualitative analysis reveals the existence of a free-bacteria equilibrium, resistant-bacteria equilibrium and an endemic equilibrium where both bacteria coexist.