Evidence of an efflux pump in Serratia marcescens
Spontaneous mutants resistant to fluoroquinolones were obtained by exposing Serratia marcescens NIMA (wild-type strain) to increasing concentrations of ciprofloxacin both in liquid and on solid media. Frequencies of mutation ranged from 10-7 to 10-9. Active expulsion of antibiotic was explored as a...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2000 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya) |
| Repositório: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:recercat.cat:2445/54944 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/54944 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Resistència als medicaments Antibiòtics Serratia marcescens Medicaments antibacterians Drug resistance Antibiotics |
| Resumo: | Spontaneous mutants resistant to fluoroquinolones were obtained by exposing Serratia marcescens NIMA (wild-type strain) to increasing concentrations of ciprofloxacin both in liquid and on solid media. Frequencies of mutation ranged from 10-7 to 10-9. Active expulsion of antibiotic was explored as a possible mechanism of resistance in mutants as well as changes in topoisomerase target genes. The role of extrusion mechanisms in determining the emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria was also examined. Mutants resistant to high concentrations of fluoroquinolones had a single mutation in their gyrA QRDR sequences, whereas the moderate resistance in the rest of mutants was due to extrusion of the drug |
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