Title
Differential roles of antimicrobials in the acquisition of drug resistance through activation of the SOS response in Acinetobacter baumannii
Date Issued
01 July 2015
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Publisher(s)
American Society for Microbiology
Abstract
The effect of antimicrobials on SOS-mediated mutagenesis induction depends on the bacterial species and the antimicrobial group. In this work, we studied the effect of different families of antimicrobial agents used in clinical therapy against Acinetobacter baumannii in the induction of mutagenesis in this multiresistant Gram-negative pathogen. The data showed that ciprofloxacin and tetracycline induce SOS-mediated mutagenesis, whereas colistin and meropenem, which are extensively used in clinical therapy, do not.
Start page
4318
End page
4320
Volume
59
Issue
7
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Farmacología, Farmacia
Biología celular, Microbiología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84931275224
PubMed ID
Source
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
ISSN of the container
00664804
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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