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Title: In vitro effect of qnrA1, qnrB1, and qnrS1 genes on fluoroquinolone activity against isogenic Escherichia coli isolates with mutations in gyrA and parC.
Authors: Briales, A
Rodríguez-Martínez, J M
Velasco, C
Díaz de Alba, P
Domínguez-Herrera, J
Pachón, J
Pascual, A
metadata.dc.contributor.authoraffiliation: [Briales,A; Rodríguez-MartínezJM; Velasco,C; Díaz de Alba,P; Pascual,A] Department of Microbiology, University of Seville, Seville, Spain. [Domínguez-Herrera,J; Pachón,J] Infectious Diseases Service, Biomedicine Institute of Seville (IBiS), University Hospitals Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/University of Seville, Seville, Spain. [Pascual,A] University Hospital Virgen Macarena, Seville, Spain.
Keywords: Pruebas de sensibilidad microbiana;Mutación;Ciprofloxacino
metadata.dc.subject.mesh: Medical Subject Headings::Chemicals and Drugs::Enzymes and Coenzymes::Enzymes::Isomerases::DNA Topoisomerases::DNA Topoisomerases, Type II::DNA Gyrase
Medical Subject Headings::Chemicals and Drugs::Enzymes and Coenzymes::Enzymes::Isomerases::DNA Topoisomerases::DNA Topoisomerases, Type II::DNA Topoisomerase IV
Medical Subject Headings::Organisms::Bacteria::Gram-Negative Bacteria::Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Rods::Enterobacteriaceae::Escherichia::Escherichia coli
Medical Subject Headings::Chemicals and Drugs::Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins::Proteins::Bacterial Proteins::Escherichia coli Proteins
Medical Subject Headings::Chemicals and Drugs::Heterocyclic Compounds::Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring::Quinolines::Quinolones::Fluoroquinolones
Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Diagnosis::Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures::Clinical Laboratory Techniques::Microbiological Techniques::Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Medical Subject Headings::Phenomena and Processes::Genetic Phenomena::Genetic Variation::Mutation
Medical Subject Headings::Chemicals and Drugs::Heterocyclic Compounds::Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring::Quinolines::Quinolones::Fluoroquinolones::Ciprofloxacin
Issue Date: Mar-2011
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Citation: Briales A, Rodríguez-Martínez JM, Velasco C, Díaz de Alba P, Domínguez-Herrera J, Pachón J, et al. In vitro effect of qnrA1, qnrB1, and qnrS1 genes on fluoroquinolone activity against isogenic Escherichia coli isolates with mutations in gyrA and parC. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2011; 55(3):1266-9
Abstract: This article provides an analysis of the in vitro effect of qnrA1, qnrB1, and qnrS1 genes, combined with quinolone-resistant Ser83Leu substitutions in GyrA and/or Ser80Arg in ParC, on fluoroquinolone (FQ) resistance in isogenic Escherichia coli strains. The association of Ser83Leu substitution in GyrA, Ser80Arg substitution in ParC, and qnr gene expression increased the MIC of ciprofloxacin to 2 μg/ml. qnr genes present in E. coli that harbored a Ser83Leu substitution in GyrA increased mutant prevention concentration (MPC) values to 8 to 32 μg/ml. qnr gene expression in E. coli may play an important role in selecting for one-step FQ-resistant mutants.
Description: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't;
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10668/2364
metadata.dc.relation.publisherversion: http://aac.asm.org/content/55/3/1266.abstract
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: 10.1128/AAC.00927-10
ISSN: 1098-6596 (Online)
0066-4804 (Print)
Appears in Collections:01- Artículos - Hospital Virgen del Rocío
01- Artículos - Hospital Virgen Macarena
01- Artículos - IBIS. Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla

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