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Importance of the efflux pump systems in the resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to fluoroquinolones and linezolid.
Chemotherapy - 1 Jan 2007
Escribano I, Rodríguez J C, Llorca B, García-Pachon E, Ruiz M, Royo G
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to study the influence of efflux pump systems in the resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to fluoroquinolones and linezolid. METHODS: We studied the mutations in gyrA and gyrB genes and the influence of efflux pump systems with 2 inhibitors (reserpine and MC 207.110). RESULTS: The effect of the active efflux system on the decrease in sensitivity to ciprofloxacin, moxifloxacin,...
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