TABLE 2.
Effect of efflux on the antibacterial activity of tested anticancer drugs against isogenic Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains.
| MIC, μg/mL | |||
| Anticancer drug | PAO1a | PAO200b | PAO750c |
| Mitomycin C | 2 | 0.062 | 0.031 |
| Etoposide | 512 | 128 | 16 |
| Camptothecin | 256 | 512 | 256 |
| 5-Fluorouracil | 64 | 64 | 64 |
| Cisplatin | 128 | 128 | 128 |
| Doxorubicin | 256 | 32 | 2 |
| TOB-CIP | 32 | 4 | 2 |
aP. aeruginosa antibiotic susceptible strain. bP. aeruginosa efflux-deficient strain lacking the MexAB-OprM pump. cP. aeruginosa efflux-deficient strain lacking five clinically relevant pumps (MexAB-OprM, MexCD-OprJ, MexEF-OprN, MexJK, and MexXY) and outer membrane protein OpmH.