Article
Alterations in GyrA and ParC associated with fluoroquinolone resistance in Enterococcus faecium.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Apr 1999
el Amin N A, Jalal S, Wretlind B
Abstract excerpt
High-level quinolone resistance in Enterococcus faecium was associated with mutations in both gyrA and parC genes in 10 of 11 resistant strains. On low-level resistant strain without such mutations may instead possess an efflux mechanism or alterations in the other subunits of the gyrase or topoisomerase IV genes. These findings are similar to those for other gram-positive bacteria, such as Enterococcus faecalis.
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Anti-Infective Agents
- DNA Gyrase
- DNA Topoisomerase IV
- DNA Topoisomerases, Type II
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Enterococcus faecium
- Fluoroquinolones
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid