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ArticleScientia pharmaceutica2017

Transmission Electron Microscopy of XDR Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates Grown on High Dose of Ofloxacin.

Mohammad Arjomandzadegan, Maryam Sadrnia, Leonid Titov, Larissa Surkova, Hossein Sarmadian, Reza Ghasemikhah, Hossein Hosseiny

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Article in Scientia pharmaceutica, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Mohammad ArjomandzadeganInfectious Diseases Research Center (IDRC), Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak 3848176941, Iran. arjomandzadegan@arakmu.ac.ir.
Maryam SadrniaDepartment of Biology, Payame Noor University, Tehran 79134-13915, Iran. msadrnia@yahoo.com.
Leonid TitovResearch Institute for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Minsk 220114, Belarus. leonidtitov@tut.by.
Larissa SurkovaInstitute for Pulmonology and Phthisiology, Minsk 220114, Belarus. larissasurkova@tut.by.
Hossein SarmadianInfectious Diseases Research Center (IDRC), Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak 3848176941, Iran. Dr.sarmadian@arakmu.ac.ir.
Reza GhasemikhahInfectious Diseases Research Center (IDRC), Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak 3848176941, Iran. ghasemikhah@yahoo.com.
Hossein HosseinyInfectious Diseases Research Center (IDRC), Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak 3848176941, Iran. rhhosseiny@yahoo.com.
Arak University of Medical Sciences · IRPayame Noor University · IRRepublican Research and Practical Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology · BYRepublican Scientific and Practical Centre of Pulmonology and Tuberculosis · BY

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the study was to investigate behavior of resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) isolates under a high dose of ofloxacin and its morphological changes. 19 extensively drug resistant (XDR) clinical isolates of MTB were grown on Löwenstein-Jensen medium containing progressively increasing concentrations of ofloxacin (2, 4, 8, 16, 32 mg/L). Ultra-structure analyses of resistant isolates grown on ofloxacin were conducted by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Fixation was carried out by 4% glutaraldehyde in 0.1 M sodium cacodylate buffer on 300 mesh carbon formvar copper grid. The samples were negatively stained with uranium acetate suspension. All19XDRMTBisolatesweregrownandformedcoloniessuccessfullyon2,4,8mg/L,sevenisolates on16mg/L,andfourisolateson32mg/Lofloxacin. Morphologicalchangesandunusualformswere detected in 8, 16 and 32 mg/L ofloxacin at 43%, 76.5% and 81% of cells, respectively. Swollen form (protoplast like), ghost-like cell, degraded forms, and in a few cases, detached cytoplasm from cell wall were clearly detected in high drug concentrations in comparison to control. Changes in morphology were increased with increasing ofloxacin concentrations (p < 0.05). Some XDR isolates could be successfully grown on high doses of ofloxacin (32 mg/L), but with changes in morphology. It was concluded that several magnitudes of the drug doses could not prevent growth of drug resistant forms.

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Mycobacterium tuberculosisofloxacintransmission electron microscopeXDR

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PMID28157163
PMCPMC5387365
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