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. 1997 Apr;41(4):869–871. doi: 10.1128/aac.41.4.869

Active efflux of antimicrobial agents in wild-type strains of enterococci.

C Lynch 1, P Courvalin 1, H Nikaido 1
PMCID: PMC163815  PMID: 9087510

Abstract

Enterococci are intrinsically resistant to numerous antimicrobial agents. We examined the energy-dependent efflux of radiolabeled drugs from four reference strains of Enterococcus faecalis and a strain of Enterococcus faecium and found that most strains pumped out norfloxacin and chloramphenicol. Efflux of tetracycline was detected only in certain strains.

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