Fluoroquinolone resistance does not impose a cost on the fitness of Clostridium difficile in vitro

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Point mutations conferring resistance to fluoroquinolones were introduced in the gyr genes of the reference strain Clostridium difficile 630. Only mutants with the substitution Thr-82→Ile in GyrA, which characterizes the hypervirulent epidemic clone III/027/NAP1, were resistant to all fluoroquinolones tested. The absence of a fitness cost in vitro for the most frequent mutations detected in resistant clinical isolates suggests that resistance will be maintained even in the absence of antibiotic pressure.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:59

Enthalten in:

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 59(2015), 3 vom: 26. März, Seite 1794-6

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wasels, François [VerfasserIn]
Kuehne, Sarah A [VerfasserIn]
Cartman, Stephen T [VerfasserIn]
Spigaglia, Patrizia [VerfasserIn]
Barbanti, Fabrizio [VerfasserIn]
Minton, Nigel P [VerfasserIn]
Mastrantonio, Paola [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-Bacterial Agents
DNA Gyrase
EC 5.99.1.3
Fluoroquinolones
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 01.12.2015

Date Revised 30.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1128/AAC.04503-14

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM244828911