| Literature DB >> 12821500 |
Lance B Price1, Amy Vogler, Talima Pearson, Joseph D Busch, James M Schupp, Paul Keim.
Abstract
Mutants of attenuated Bacillus anthracis with high-level ciprofloxacin resistance were isolated using a three-step in vitro selection. Ciprofloxacin MICs were 0.5 micro g/ml for first-step mutants, which had one of two gyrA quinolone resistance-determining region (QRDR) mutations. Ciprofloxacin MICs were 8 and 16 microg/ml for second-step mutants, which had one of three parC QRDR mutations. Ciprofloxacin MICs for third-step mutants were 32 and 64 microg/ml. Mutants for which MICs were 64 microg/ml had one of two additional mutations within the gyrA QRDR or one of two mutations within the gyrB QRDR. Mutants for which MICs were 32 microg/ml had no additional target modifications but showed evidence of enhanced ciprofloxacin efflux.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12821500 PMCID: PMC161847 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.7.2362-2365.2003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191