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- Title
Analysis of the mechanisms of quinolone resistance in clinical isolates of Citrobacter freundii.
- Authors
Navia, Margarita M.; Ruiz, Joaquím; Ribera, Anna; de Anta, M. Teresa Jiménez; Vila, Jordi; Navia, M M; Ruiz, J; Ribera, A; de Anta, M T; Vila, J
- Abstract
The presence of gyrA,gyrB and/or parC mutations, quinolone uptake, outer membrane protein profiles and epidemiological relationship were studied in 12 clinical isolates of Citrobacter freundii. No alterations were observed in the gyrB gene of any of the strains, or gyrA or parC of the four quinolone-susceptible strains (nalidixic acid MIC of 2–4 mg/L, and a ciprofloxacin MIC of 0.006–0.06 mg/L). The quinolone-resistant strains were classified into two groups: one group (group A) composed of strains resistant to nalidixic acid but not to ciprofloxacin and another (group B) including those resistant to both antibiotics with a mutation at codon 83 of the gyrA gene (Thr→Ile), but no alteration in either parC or gyrB genes. In group B, three of the four resistant isolates, with a nalidixic acid MIC > 1024 mg/L and ciprofloxacin MIC of 8–32 mg/L, showed concomitant mutations at codons 83 and 87 of the gyrA gene (Thr→Ile and Asp→Tyr, respectively) as well as a single mutation in codon 80 of the parC gene (Ser→Ile). The fourth isolate did not possess the mutation at codon 87 of gyrA. Two strains belong to the same clone and, although they had the same type of mutations in the gyrA and parC genes, showed different MICs of ciprofloxacin. This difference was related to an efflux pump mechanism. Mutations in the gyrA and parC genes play the main role in quinolone resistance development in Citrobacter freundii, although other factors such as overexpression of efflux pumps can play a complementary role and thus modulate the final quinolone MIC.
- Subjects
AMINO acids; ANTI-infective agents; CIPROFLOXACIN; COMPARATIVE studies; DOCUMENTATION; DRUG resistance in microorganisms; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; MEMBRANE proteins; MICROBIAL sensitivity tests; GENETIC mutation; POLYMERASE chain reaction; QUINOLONE antibacterial agents; RESEARCH; EVALUATION research; CITROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE diseases; PHARMACODYNAMICS
- Publication
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (JAC), 1999, Vol 44, Issue 6, p743
- ISSN
0305-7453
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1093/jac/44.6.743