| Literature DB >> 16801422 |
Vijaya Bharathi Srinivasan1, Rupinder Kaur Virk, Amita Kaundal, Rupa Chakraborty, Basabjit Datta, T Ramamurthy, Asish K Mukhopadhyay, Amit Ghosh.
Abstract
The molecular mechanisms of drug resistance in 19 strains of Vibrio fluvialis isolated from 1998 to 2002 in Kolkata, India, were investigated. Class 1 integrons were detected in eight strains, and four strains were found to carry SXT integrases. In the presence of carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone or reserpine, all nalidixic acid- and ciprofloxacin-resistant strains became sensitive, suggesting that drug efflux plays a major role in quinolone resistance in V. fluvialis. It was further seen that strains which had MICs of > 25 microg/ml for nalidixic acid had a sense mutation (Ser to Ile) at position 83 of the quinolone resistance-determining region of gyrA. All except one of the integron- and SXT integrase-bearing strains belonged to the same ribotype.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16801422 PMCID: PMC1489780 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01561-05
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191