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FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 317, Issue 2, Pages 109-116Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02215.x
Keywords
ciprofloxacin; gyrA; rifampicin; rpoB; Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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- Uehara memorial foundation
- Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan [21390191]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [21390191, 21580250] Funding Source: KAKEN
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The emergence of drug-resistant microorganisms is an important medical and social problem. Drug-resistant microorganisms are thought to grow selectively in the presence of antibiotics. Most clinically isolated drug-resistant microorganisms have mutations in the target genes for the drugs. While any of the many mutagens in the environment may cause such genetic mutations, no reports have yet described whether these mutagens can confer drug resistance to clinically important microorganisms. We investigated how environmental mutagens might be implicated in acquired resistance to antibiotics in clinically important microorganisms, which causes human diseases. We selected mutagens found in the environment, in cigarette smoke, or in drugs, and then exposed Pseudomonas aeruginosa to them. After exposure, the incidence of rifampicin- and ciprofloxacin-resistant P. aeruginosa strains markedly increased, and we found mutations in genes for the antibiotic-target molecule. These mutations were similar to those found in drug-resistant microorganisms isolated from clinical samples. Our findings show that environmental mutagens, and an anticancer drug, are capable of inducing drug-resistant P. aeruginosa similar to strains found in clinical settings.
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