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Indian J Med Microbiol ; 2012 Jul-Sept; 30(3): 302-307
Artículo en Inglés | IMSEAR | ID: sea-143974

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Purpose: Many isolates of Serratia marcescens, a well-known opportunistic pathogen, can be multidrug resistant. Fluoroquinolones are among the most important groups of antibiotics used for treatment of these organisms. However, fluoroquinolone resistance among S. marcescens isolates is fast increasing. Drug extrusion through efflux pumps like SdeAB/ HasF is one of the major mechanisms of resistance to fluoroquinolones. This study was carried out to analyze, through gene expression analysis of sdeB, the relative contribution of this mechanism toward fluoroquinolone resistance in clinical isolates of Serratia. Materials and Methods: Total RNA from 45 clinical isolates of S. marcescens was isolated. Quantitative real-time RT PCR was performed on the extracted RNA to study the gene expression of sdeB and was normalized to the sdeB expression in the standard strain of S. marcescens. Results: Of the 45 isolates analyzed, sdeB expression was found to be elevated in 20 isolates (44%). Of these 20 isolates, eight (40%) were fully resistant to at least one of the fluoroquinolones studied. Conversely, of the 20 isolates that over-expressed sdeB, 12 (60%) were fully sensitive to all fluoroquinolones tested. Conclusions: Drug efflux pumps are an important means of fluoroquinolone resistance among clinically important species ofSerratia. The expression of these pumps can be up-regulated in the presence of antibiotics and have the potential for changing the phenotype from sensitive to resistant, thus contributing to therapeutic failures.


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Antibacterianos/metabolismo , Antibacterianos/farmacología , Farmacorresistencia Bacteriana Múltiple , Fluoroquinolonas/metabolismo , Fluoroquinolonas/farmacología , Perfilación de la Expresión Génica , Humanos , Proteínas de Transporte de Membrana/biosíntesis , Proteínas de Transporte de Membrana/genética , Reacción en Cadena en Tiempo Real de la Polimerasa , Infecciones por Serratia/microbiología , Serratia marcescens/efectos de los fármacos , Serratia marcescens/genética , Serratia marcescens/aislamiento & purificación
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