Effect of 1-(1-naphthylmethyl)-piperazine, a novel putative efflux pump inhibitor, on antimicrobial drug susceptibility in clinical isolates of Enterobacteriaceae other than Escherichia coli
Author(s) -
Anja Schumacher,
Petra Steinke,
Jürgen A. Bohnert,
Murat Akova,
Daniel E Jonas,
Winfried V. Kern
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dki446
Subject(s) - enterobacter aerogenes , microbiology and biotechnology , enterobacteriaceae , efflux , tetracycline , klebsiella pneumoniae , antimicrobial , biology , escherichia coli , multiple drug resistance , citrobacter freundii , drug resistance , antibacterial agent , antibiotics , biochemistry , gene
1-(1-Naphthylmethyl)-piperazine (NMP) has been shown to reverse multidrug resistance (MDR) in Escherichia coli overexpressing RND type efflux pumps, but there is no data on its activity in Enterobacteriaceae other than E. coli.
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