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SUBMITTER: Escudero JA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3232752 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Escudero Jose Antonio JA San Millan Alvaro A Gutierrez Belen B Hidalgo Laura L La Ragione Roberto M RM AbuOun Manal M Galimand Marc M Ferrándiz María José MJ Domínguez Lucas L de la Campa Adela G AG Gonzalez-Zorn Bruno B
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20110919 12
Streptococcus suis is an emerging zoonotic pathogen. With the lack of an effective vaccine, antibiotics remain the main tool to fight infections caused by this pathogen. We have previously observed a reserpine-sensitive fluoroquinolone (FQ) efflux phenotype in this species. Here, SatAB and SmrA, two pumps belonging to the ATP binding cassette (ABC) and the major facilitator superfamily (MFS), respectively, have been analyzed in the fluoroquinolone-resistant clinical isolate BB1013. Genes encodin ...[more]