The evolutionary arms race between the rapidly evolving virulence factors of the bacteria and the treatment practices of modern medicine requires evolutionary biologists to understand the mechanisms of resistance in these pathogenic bacteria, especially considering the growing number of infected hospitalized patients.
A carreira entre os factores de virulencia das bacterias, de rápida evolución, e os tratamentos da medicina moderna, esixe que os biólogos especializados na evolución comprendan os mecanismos de resistencia nestas bacterias patóxenas, sobre todo considerando o crecente número de pacientes infectados nos hospitais.