title: Detection of gyrA gene mutations associated with ciprofloxacin resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: analysis by polymerase chain reaction and automated direct DNA sequencing.
abstract: A portion of the gyrA gene from amino acid codons 67 to 129 was sequenced in 34 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains (14 isolated in Minnesota, 10 isolated in Indiana, and 10 isolated in Tennessee). Twenty-eight of these strains were ciprofloxacin resistant. Sixteen of the strains contained a Ser----Leu mutation at codon 84; 3 contained strains a Ser----Ala mutation at codon 84; 3 strains contained two mutations, Ser----Leu at codon 84 and Ser----Pro at codon 85; and 6 strains contained a Glu----Lys mutation at codon 88. Six strains were wild type and ciprofloxacin susceptible. Several mutations from amino acid codons 84 through 88 can be associated with high-level quinolone resistance.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Section, VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Goswitz
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Willard
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Fasching
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Peterson
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial / Q000235:genetics; D016106:Methicillin Resistance / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D002939:Ciprofloxacin