Complex ciprofloxacin resistome revealed by screening a Pseudomonas aeruginosa mutant library for altered susceptibility

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Dec;52(12):4486-91. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00222-08. Epub 2008 Sep 29.

Abstract

Pseudomonas aeruginosa offers substantial therapeutic challenges due to its high intrinsic resistance to many antibiotics and its propensity to develop mutational and/or adaptive resistance. The PA14 comprehensive mutant library was screened for mutants exhibiting either two- to eightfold increased susceptibilities (revealing genes involved in intrinsic resistance) or decreased susceptibilities (mutational resistance) to the fluoroquinolone ciprofloxacin. Thirty-five and 79 mutants with increased and decreased susceptibilities, respectively, were identified, as confirmed by broth dilution.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
  • Ciprofloxacin / pharmacology*
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Fluoroquinolones / pharmacology
  • Gene Library*
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Mutation*
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects*
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / genetics

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Fluoroquinolones
  • Ciprofloxacin