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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, December 2008, p. 4486-4491, Vol. 52, No. 12
0066-4804/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.00222-08
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Complex Ciprofloxacin Resistome Revealed by Screening a Pseudomonas aeruginosa Mutant Library for Altered Susceptibility

Centre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, University of British Columbia, 2259 Lower Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Received 16 February 2008/ Returned for modification 27 April 2008/ Accepted 16 September 2008

Pseudomonas aeruginosa offers substantial therapeutic challenges due to its high intrinsic resistance to many antibiotics and its propensity to develop mutational and/or adaptive resistance. The PA14 comprehensive mutant library was screened for mutants exhibiting either two- to eightfold increased susceptibilities (revealing genes involved in intrinsic resistance) or decreased susceptibilities (mutational resistance) to the fluoroquinolone ciprofloxacin. Thirty-five and 79 mutants with increased and decreased susceptibilities, respectively, were identified, as confirmed by broth dilution.

Published ahead of print on 29 September 2008.