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Tigecycline resistance in Serratia marcescens associated with up-regulation of the SdeXY-HasF efflux system also active against ciprofloxacin and cefpirome.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Mar 2010
Hornsey Michael, Ellington Matthew J, Doumith Michel, Hudson Sue, Livermore David M, Woodford Neil
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OBJECTIVES: Efflux by RND-type transporters is known to confer resistance to tigecycline in several Enterobacteriaceae species and we examined the potential of this mechanism in Serratia marcescens using a clinical isolate and laboratory-selected mutants. METHODS: Expression of RND-type efflux pu...
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