| Literature DB >> 18676884 |
Makoto Sugimura1, Hideaki Maseda, Hideaki Hanaki, Taiji Nakae.
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Macrolide antibiotics modulate the quorum-sensing system of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. We tested the effect of macrolide antibiotics on the cell density-dependent expression of the MexAB-OprM efflux pump and found that 1.0 mug/ml (MIC/6.25) of azithromycin suppressed the expression of MexAB-OprM by about 70%, with the result that the cells became two- to fourfold more susceptible to antibiotics such as aztreonam, tetracycline, carbenicillin, chloramphenicol, and novobiocin.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18676884 PMCID: PMC2573159 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00511-08
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191