Reduced susceptibility to biocides in Acinetobacter baumannii: association with resistance to antimicrobials, epidemiological behaviour, biological cost and effect on the expression of genes encoding porins and efflux pumps
Author(s) -
Felipe Fernández-Cuenca,
María Tomás,
Francisco-Javier Caballero-Moyano,
Germán Bou,
Luis MartínezMartínez,
Jordi Vilà,
Jerónimo Pachón,
José Miguel Cisneros,
Jesús RodríguezBaño,
Álvaro Pascual,
José Garnacho,
Antonio GutiérrezPizarraya,
Juan Antonio Márquez-Vácaro,
María Eliecer Cano,
María Carmen Fariñas,
Antonio Sánchez-Porto,
Gloria Esteban Meruendano,
Luis Barbeyto-Vales,
Javier Casas-Ciria,
Luis A. Vallejo,
Begoña Fernández-Pérez,
José Carlos Villar-Chao,
Belén Padilla-Ortega,
Emilia Cercenado-Mansilla,
J.J. García-Irure,
Alfonso del Arco,
Concepción Gimeno Cardona,
Juan Carlos Valía,
Nuria Tormo,
Vicente Abril,
Josefina Rifa,
Maria MartinezGarcía,
Joseph Vilaró-Pujals,
Marian Navarro Aguirre,
Ana Vilamala,
José Antonio Jiménez-Alfaro,
Carlos Reviejo-Jaca,
P Casanova,
Francisca Guerreo,
Evelyn Shaw,
Virginia Plasencia,
Teresa Nebreda-Mayoral,
María José Fernández-Calavia,
Susana García de Cruz,
Carmen Aldea-Mansilla,
Esperanza Merino,
Alfredo Zorraquino,
Sergio Reus,
Eugenio Garduno-Eseverri,
Luis López Sánchez,
Ana Fleites-Gutiérrez,
Azucena Rodríguez-Guardado,
Alfonso Blázquez Moreno,
José María García-Arenzana Anguera,
Serafín López-Palmero,
Manuel Rodríguez-Maresca,
Fernando Garcı́a-Garrote,
José Varela-Otero,
María del Pilar Alonso,
Elisa Vidal-Verdú,
Fernando Rodríguez,
Fernanda Pardo-Sánchez,
E. Ferrer-Vizoso,
Benito Regueiro,
Mercè Gurguí,
Roser Pericas,
Virginia Pomar,
Pedro OlaecheaAstigarraga,
Rafael Ayarza-Igartua,
María Dolores Maciá-Romero,
Enrique Ruiz de Gopegui-Bordes,
María Isabel Sánchez-Romero,
Jesús García-Mata,
M.J. Goyanes,
Cristina Morales-Mateos,
José HernándezQuero,
Trinidad Escobar-Lara,
Frederic Ballester-Bastardie,
Simona Iftimie,
Isabel Pujol,
María Isabel Galán-Navarro,
María de la Luz CádizGurrea,
Carmen Amores-Antequera,
M.M. Ramírez Gómez,
Purificación Cantudo,
Carmina Martí-Salas,
Jordi Cuquet-Peragosa,
Antonio MorenoFlores,
Luis Anibarro,
Susana Hernando-Real,
Pablo A. Carrero-González,
María Angeles Pallarés-González,
Sergio Rodríguez-Fernández,
Miquel Pujol,
Fé Tubau,
Enrique Nuño-Álvarez,
María Ortega-Torres,
Salvador Giner-Almaraz,
María Rosa Roca-Castelló,
Manuela Sánchez Castillo,
Elena Hortelano,
Fernando Chaves-Sánchez,
Ana GarcíaReyne,
Juan Pablo Horcajada-Gallego,
C Segura,
Gema Sierra-Dorado,
Raquel Yano-Escudero,
María Elena Dorta-Hung,
Cristóbal del Rosario Q
Publication year - 2015
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/dkv262
Subject(s) - microbiology and biotechnology , benzalkonium chloride , efflux , acinetobacter baumannii , biocide , biology , tetracycline , ciprofloxacin , antimicrobial , chemistry , bacteria , antibiotics , pseudomonas aeruginosa , genetics , chromatography , organic chemistry
The objective of this study was to analyse whether there is an association between reduced susceptibility to biocides in Acinetobacter baumannii and (i) antimicrobial resistance (co-resistance), (ii) prevalent (epidemic) clones, (iii) changes in the fitness or (iv) expression of genes related to efflux pumps and porins.
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