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Identification and characterization of a novel efflux-related multidrug resistance phenotype in Staphylococcus aureus.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Dec 2002
Kaatz Glenn W, Moudgal Varsha V, Seo Susan M
Abstract excerpt
Moxifloxacin is a C8-methoxy (C8-OMe) fluoroquinolone that is highly active against Staphylococcus aureus, including many strains resistant to older fluoroquinolones such as ciprofloxacin. Available data indicate that it is a poor substrate for the NorA multidrug efflux pump. We produced a mutant of S. aureus in vitro (SA-K2068) with a novel non-NorA-mediated multidrug resistance phenotype characterized by raised...
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