gyrA polymorphism in Campylobacter jejuni: detection of gyrA mutations in 162 C. jejuni isolates by single-strand conformation polymorphism and DNA sequencing

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2002 Aug;46(8):2644-7. doi: 10.1128/AAC.46.8.2644-2647.2002.

Abstract

Mutations in the quinolone resistance-determining region of the gyrA gene from 138 ciprofloxacin-resistant (MIC, > or =4 microg/ml) and 24 ciprofloxacin-susceptible (MIC, < or =1 microg/ml) clinical Campylobacter jejuni isolates were subjected to single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis and sequencing. All of the isolates could be assigned to three genotypic clusters based on silent mutations. All resistant isolates had a point mutation at codon 86.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology
  • Autoradiography
  • Campylobacter Infections / microbiology
  • Campylobacter jejuni / genetics*
  • Ciprofloxacin / pharmacology
  • DNA Gyrase / genetics*
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Finland
  • Genotype
  • Mutation / genetics*
  • Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational*

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Ciprofloxacin
  • DNA Gyrase