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Antimicrob Agents Chemother
; 43(4): 990-2, 1999 Apr.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10103221
ABSTRACT
Salicylate and acetylsalicylate slightly increased fluoroquinolone resistance in ciprofloxacin-susceptible and -resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Salicylate allowed a greater number of cells from ciprofloxacin-susceptible and -resistant strains to survive on high fluoroquinolone concentrations. Salicylate also increased the frequency with which a susceptible strain mutated to become more resistant to ciprofloxacin.