Examination of Methicillin-Resistant and Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Mutants with Low-Level Fluoroquinolone Resistance |
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| Authors: | Mark C. Sulavik and Neil L. Barg |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan Medical School, and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan |
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| Abstract: | For Staphylococcus aureus, stepwise mutations result in high-level quinolone resistance. Methicillin-resistant and -susceptible quinolone-resistant, first-step mutants generated in vitro were obtained and found to be no different than those recovered from murine abscesses. Approximately 10% of all first-step mutants were resistant to ethidium bromide, and selected strains had mutations that mapped to flqB. NorA-mediated resistance among first-step mutants may be more prevalent than previously reported. |
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