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. 2021 Jun 17;65(7):e00514-21. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00514-21

TABLE 1.

Examples of efflux pumps and the role they play in reducing susceptibility to various compounds and the Acinetobacter spp. in which they were first described

Efflux family Example Reduced susceptibility Acinetobacter sp. Reference(s)
MFS CraA Chloramphenicol A. baumannii 25
AmvA Erythromycin A. baumannii 26
AbaF Fosfomycin A. baumannii 28
AbaQ Quinolones A. baumannii 29
TetA Tigecycline A. baumannii 30
CmlA Chloramphenicol A. baumannii 31
MATE AbeM Fluoroquinolones A. baumannii 51
ABC A1S_0536 Erythromycin A. baumannii 21
A1S_1535 Gentamicin, chloramphenicol A. baumannii 21
MacAB-TolC Potentially macrolides and tigecycline A. baumannii 47
SMR AbeS Chloramphenicol, fluoroquinolones, novobiocin, erythromycin A. baumannii 34
QacE Quaternary ammonia compounds A. baumannii 39 41
PACE AceI Chlorhexidine A. baumannii 53
A1S_1503 Acriflavine A. baumannii 54
RND AdeABC Aminoglycosides, trimethoprim, chloramphenicol, fluoroquinolones, tetracyclines, pentamide A. baumannii 61, 69
AdeDE Amikacin, ceftazidime, chloramphenicol, ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, meropenem, rifampin, tetracycline A. pittii 77
AdeFGH Chloramphenicol, trimethoprim, tetracycline-tigecycline, clindamycin; fluoroquinolones A. baumannii 78
AdeIJK β-lactams, chloramphenicol, tetracycline, erythromycin, lincosamides, fluoroquinolones, fusidic acid, novobiocin, rifampin, trimethoprim A. baumannii 85
AdeXYZ NA A. baylyi 90
CzcABCD Heavy metals such as copper A. baumannii 23
AbeD Ceftriaxone, gentamicin, rifampin, tobramycin, benzalkonium chloride A. baumannii 92
ArpAB Amikacin, tobramycin A. baumannii 93
AcrAB Colistin, tobramycin, acriflavin A. nosocomialis 95