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Contribution of efflux to the emergence of isoniazid and multidrug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

  • Autores: Amaral L, Baptista P, Couto I, Machado D, Perdigão J, Portugal I, Rodrigues L, Veigas B, Viveiros M
  • Ano de Publicação: 2012
  • Journal: PLoS One
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Contribution+of+Efflux+to+the+Emergence+of+Isoniazid+and+Multidrug+Resistance+in+Mycobacterium+tuberculosis

Multidrug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistant to isoniazid and rifampicin, the two most effective drugs used in tuberculosis therapy. Here, we investigated the mechanism by which resistance towards isoniazid develops and how overexpression of efflux pumps favors accumulation of mutations in isoniazid targets, thus establishing a MDR phenotype.
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From multidrug-resistant to extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Lisbon, Portugal: The stepwise mode of resistance acquisition

  • Autores: Couto I, Jordao L, Macedo R, Machado D, Perdigão J, Portugal I, Silva C, Viveiros M
  • Ano de Publicação: 2013
  • Journal: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23054995

The development and transmission of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB) constitutes a serious threat to the effective control of TB in several countries. Here, in an attempt to further elucidate the dynamics of the acquisition of resistance to second-line drugs and investigate an eventual role for eis promoter mutations in aminoglycoside resistance, we have studied a set of multidrug-resistant (MDR)/XDR-TB isolates circulating in Lisbon, Portugal.
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Ion Channel Blockers as Antimicrobial Agents, Efflux Inhibitors, and Enhancers of Macrophage Killing Activity against Drug Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

  • Autores: Amaral L, Anes E, Couto I, Machado D, Martins M, Perdigão J, Pires D, Portugal I, Viveiros M
  • Ano de Publicação: 2016
  • Journal: PLoS One
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26919135

Given the ability of M. tuberculosis to survive as an intracellular pathogen and its propensity to develop resistance to the existing antituberculosis drugs, its treatment requires new approaches. Here the antimycobacterial properties of verapamil, thioridazine, chlorpromazine, flupenthixol and haloperidol were investigated against a panel of drug resistant M. tuberculosis strains, both in vitro and on human-infected macrophages.
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High-level resistance to isoniazid and ethionamide in multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis of the Lisboa family is associated with inhA double mutations

  • Autores: Boettger EC, Couto I, Machado D, Perdigão J, Portugal I, Ramos J, Ritter C, Viveiros M
  • Ano de Publicação: 2013
  • Journal: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23539241

The purpose of this study was to determine the levels of isoniazid and ethionamide resistance and to identify associated mutations in endemic multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal.
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Exploring the contribution of efflux on the resistance to fluoroquinolones in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus.

  • Autores: Amaral L, Costa SS, Couto I, Falcão C, Machado D, Martins M, Melo-Cristino J, Viveiros M
  • Ano de Publicação: 2011
  • Journal: BMC microbiology
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Exploring+the+contribution+of+efflux+on+the+resistance+to+fluoroquinolones+in+clinical+isolates+of+Staphylococcus+aureus.

BACKGROUND:
Antimicrobial resistance mediated by efflux systems is still poorly characterized in Staphylococcus aureus, despite the description of several efflux pumps (EPs) for this bacterium. In this work we used several methodologies to characterize the efflux activity of 52 S. aureus isolates resistant to ciprofloxacin collected in a hospital in Lisbon, Portugal, in order to understand the role played by these systems in the resistance to fluoroquinolones.
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Contribution of efflux activity to isoniazid resistance in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.

  • Autores: Amaral L, Couto I, Machado D, Rodrigues L, Viveiros M
  • Ano de Publicação: 2012
  • Journal: Genetics and Evolution
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Contribution+of+efflux+activity+to+isoniazid+resistance+in+the+Mycobacterium+tuberculosis+complex.+Infection

Resistance to isoniazid (INH), one of the main drugs used in tuberculosis (TB) therapy, is mostly due to chromosomal mutations in target genes. However, approximately 20-30% of INH resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates do not have mutations in any of the genes associated with INH resistance.
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Inhibitors of mycobacterial efflux pumps as potential boosters for anti-tubercular drugs.

  • Autores: Ainsa J, Amaral L, Couto I, Machado D, Martins M, Rodrigues L, Viveiros M
  • Ano de Publicação: 2012
  • Journal: Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Inhibitors+of+mycobacterial+efflux+pumps+as+potential+boosters+for+anti-tubercular+drugs

Tuberculosis is one of the major causes of infection across the world. The emergence of multi-, extensively- and totally drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis contributes to the lack of therapeutic options available.
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The in vitro activity of products formed from exposure of chlorpromazine to a 266nm laser beam against species of mycobacteria of human interest

  • Autores: Alexandru T, Amaral L, Armada AM, Boni M, Danko B, Dinache A, Hunyadi A, Machado D, Molnar J, Nastasa V, Pascu ML, Ramos J, Viveiros M
  • Ano de Publicação: 2013
  • Journal: In vivo
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23988894

Chlorpromazine (CPZ) was exposed to a 266 nm laser beam for different periods of time ranging from minutes to 24 h. At intervals, the products from irradiation were evaluated by thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and evaluated for their activity against mycobacteria of human interest (Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. avium, M. intracellulare and their corresponding reference strains or clinical isolates).
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Identification of nontuberculous mycobacteria in clinical samples using molecular methods: a 3-year study

  • Autores: Amaral L, Couto I, Machado D, Rodrigues L, Viveiros M
  • Ano de Publicação: 2010
  • Journal: Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Identification+of+nontuberculous+mycobacteria+in+clinical+samples+using+molecular+methods%3A+a+3-year+study

Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are being increasingly isolated in clinical laboratories and present technical and therapeutic challenges.
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Direct Detection by the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay and Characterization of Multi and Poly Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa

  • Autores: Armada A, Gomes VF, Machado D, Mane M, Martins E, Ponce G, Rabna P, Ramos J, Sanca L, Vieira F
  • Ano de Publicação: 2015
  • Journal: PLoS One
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26017968

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