Article
Analysis by PCR and direct DNA sequencing of gyrA mutations associated with fluoroquinolone resistance in Enterococcus faecalis.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Sept 1994
Korten V, Huang W M, Murray B E
Abstract excerpt
A region of gyrA, the gene encoding subunit A of DNA gyrase, that is known to be associated with resistance was amplified and sequenced from 16 Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium isolates. Six ciprofloxacin-resistant clinical isolates (MICs of ciprofloxacin, 32 to 64 micrograms/ml) and one multistep resistant laboratory mutant of E. faecalis (MIC of ciprofloxacin, 128 micrograms/ml) contained a change...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Anti-Infective Agents
- Base Sequence
- Ciprofloxacin
- DNA Gyrase
- DNA Topoisomerases, Type II
- DNA, Bacterial
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Enterococcus faecalis
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
