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Induced tigecycline resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae mutants reveals mutations in ribosomal proteins and rRNA.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Nov 2015
Lupien Andréanne, Gingras Hélène, Leprohon Philippe, Ouellette Marc
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Tigecycline is a broad-spectrum antibiotic acting at the level of the 30S ribosomal subunit to inhibit translation. While Streptococcus pneumoniae remains susceptible to tigecycline, resistance is beginning to emerge in some species and mainly involves efflux or mutations in ribosome constituents. We describe here the characterization of S. pneumoniae mutants selected for resistance to tigecycline....
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