CHLORHEXIDINE HYPERSENSITIVITY OF CIPROFLOXACIN-RESISTANT VARIANTS OF PSEUDOMONAS-AERUGINOSA PAO

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BAILLIE, LWJ [1 ]
POWER, EGM [1 ]
PHILLIPS, I [1 ]
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[1] UNITED MED & DENT SCH GUYS & ST THOMAS HOSP,ST THOMAS HOSP,DEPT MICROBIOL,LONDON SE1 7EH,ENGLAND
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10.1093/jac/31.2.219
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R51 [传染病];
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100401 ;
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Examination of 67 ciprofloxacin-resistant dones of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO (ciprofloxacin MIC >0·5 mg/L) yielded four isolates that were hypersensitive to chiorhexidine (MIC 5 mg/L); none was found among 179 ciprofloxacin-sensitive colonies. Revertant studies and the introduction of a wild-type Escherichia coli DNA gyrase A gene confirmed that ciprofloxacin resistance and chlorhexidine hypersensitivity were not the result of a single mutation. Mutagenicity testing of ciprofloxacin showed no evidence for the supposition that chlorhexidine hypersensitivity was the result of ciprofloxacin-induced mutation in P. aeruginosa PAO. © 1993 The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
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