NONSPECIFIC RESISTANCE OF SERRATIA-MARCESCENS AGAINST ANTI-MICROBIAL DRUGS - RESISTANCE OR DECREASED SUSCEPTIBILITY OF PHENOTYPIC VARIANTS AGAINST CHLORAMPHENICOL, NALIDIXIC-ACID, NITROFURANTOIN, SULFONAMIDES AND TRIMETHOPRIM

被引:8
作者
TRAUB, WH [1 ]
FUKUSHIMA, PI [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF SAN FRANCISCO,DEPT LAB MED,SAN FRANCISCO,CA 94143
关键词
Chloramphenicol; Nalidixic acid; Nitrofurantoin; Nonspecific; Resistance; Resistance plasmids; Serratia marcescens; Sulfonamides; Trimethoprim;
D O I
10.1159/000237840
中图分类号
R73 [肿瘤学];
学科分类号
100214 ;
摘要
Several clinical isolates and O-antigen reference strains of Serratia marcescens were shown to yield spontaneously phenotypic variants with nonspecific, combined resistance or decreased susceptibility for chloramphenicol, nalidixic acid, nitrofurantoin, sulfonamides, and trimethoprim, including cotrimoxazole. Additional presumptive evidence indicated that this resistance phenomenon is not mediated extrachromosomally, but rather chromosomally. The nature of this novel resistance mechanism remains to be elucidated. © 1979 S. Karger AG, Basel.
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