Meropenem potentiation of aminoglycoside activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa: involvement of the MexXY-OprM multidrug efflux system
Author(s) -
Keith Poole,
C. M. Gilmour,
Maya A. Farha,
Michael D. Parkins,
Rachael Klinoski,
Eric D. Brown
Publication year - 2018
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/dkx539
Subject(s) - efflux , meropenem , pseudomonas aeruginosa , microbiology and biotechnology , aminoglycoside , multiple drug resistance , antibacterial agent , biology , ethidium bromide , pseudomonadaceae , antibiotics , bacteria , antibiotic resistance , biochemistry , genetics , dna
To assess the ability of meropenem to potentiate aminoglycoside (AG) activity against laboratory and AG-resistant cystic fibrosis (CF) isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and to elucidate its mechanism of action.
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