Role of efflux pump inhibitor in decreasing antibiotic cross-resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a burn hospital in Iran
Author(s) -
Mahshid TalebiTaher,
Ali Majidpour,
Abbas Gholami,
Samira Rasouli-Kouhi,
Maryam Adabi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.7619
Subject(s) - efflux , pseudomonas aeruginosa , microbiology and biotechnology , ciprofloxacin , antibiotics , multiple drug resistance , imipenem , cross resistance , drug resistance , minimum inhibitory concentration , biology , gentamicin , chemistry , antibiotic resistance , bacteria , biochemistry , genetics
Multidrug resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa may be due to efflux pump overexpression. This study phenotypically examined the role of efflux pump inhibitors in decreasing antibiotic cross-resistance between beta-lactams, fluoroquinolones, and aminoglycosides in P. aeruginosa isolates from burn patients in Iran.
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