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Evaluation of the effect of bacterial efflux pumps on the antibacterial activity of the novel fluoroquinolone besifloxacin.
Journal of chemotherapy (Florence, Italy) - 1 Apr 2011
Shinabarger D L, Zurenko G E, Hesje C K, Sanfilippo C M, Morris T W, Haas W
Abstract excerpt
This study examined the susceptibility of a variety of wild-type strains and efflux pump mutants to besifloxacin and the comparator agents sparfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, norfloxacin, moxifloxacin, tetracycline, and ethidium bromide. Organisms tested included Staphylococcus aureus (mepA or norA), Streptococcus pneumoniae (pmrA, patB), Escherichia coli (acrAB::Tn903, tolC::Tn10), Haemophilus influenzae (acrAB) and...
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