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Impact of efflux in the development of multidrug resistance phenotypes in Staphylococcus aureus Clinical microbiology and vaccines

  • Autores: Costa SS, Couto I, Melo-Cristino J, Rosato AE, Viveiros M
  • Ano de Publicação: 2015
  • Journal: BMC Microbiology
  • Link: https://bmcmicrobiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12866-015-0572-8%20

Efflux has been recognized as a resistance mechanism to antimicrobials in Staphylococcus aureus; however its role on the development of clinically relevant resistance is still poorly characterized. This study aimed to examine the impact of efflux on development of resistance to fluoroquinolones and other antimicrobials in S. aureusstrains representing relevant phenotypes in terms of antibiotic susceptibility and […]
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Plasmid-borne antimicrobial resistance of staphylococcus aureus isolated in a hospital in Lisbon, Portugal

  • Autores: Costa SS, Couto I, Fessler AT, Kadlec K, Melo-Cristino J, Palma C, Schwarz S, Viveiros M
  • Ano de Publicação: 2016
  • Journal: Microbial Drug Resistance
  • Link: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/mdr.2015.0352%20

Plasmids play a key role in the genetic plasticity and survival of Staphylococcus aureus in challenging environments. Although many S. aureus plasmids have been described, still few studies portray the plasmid content of a given S. aureus population. The aim of this work was to characterize the plasmids carried by a collection of 53 S. […]
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Exploring the contribution of efflux on the resistance to fluoroquinolones in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus.

  • Autores: Amaral L, Costa SS, Couto I, Falcão C, Machado D, Martins M, Melo-Cristino J, Viveiros M
  • Journal: BMC Microbiology
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Exploring+the+contribution+of+efflux+on+the+resistance+to+fluoroquinolones+in+clinical+isolates+of+Staphylococcus+aureus.

BACKGROUND:
Antimicrobial resistance mediated by efflux systems is still poorly characterized in Staphylococcus aureus, despite the description of several efflux pumps (EPs) for this bacterium. In this work we used several methodologies to characterize the efflux activity of 52 S. aureus isolates resistant to ciprofloxacin collected in a hospital in Lisbon, Portugal, in order to understand the role played by these systems in the resistance to fluoroquinolones.
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Description of plasmid pSM52, harbouring the gene for the Smr efflux pump, and its involvement in resistance to biocides in a meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain

  • Autores: Amaral L, Costa SS, Couto I, Melo-Cristino J, Mourato C, Viveiros M
  • Ano de Publicação: 2013
  • Journal: International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23434536

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