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This information was then correlated with minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of several antibiotics in the presence or absence of the efflux inhibitors chlorpromazine, thioridazine and verapamil.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In the absence of porins MspA and MspC, accumulation of ethidium bromide decreased and the cells became more resistant to several antibiotics, whereas the knockout mutant for the LfrA pump showed increased accumulation of EtBr and increased susceptibility to EtBr, rifampicin, ethambutol and ciprofloxacin. 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The results obtained with this non-pathogenic mycobacterium will be used in future studies as a model for the evaluation of the activity of the same efflux inhibitors on the susceptibility of multidrug resistant strains of\n                      <jats:italic>Mycobacterium tuberculosis<\/jats:italic>\n                      to isoniazid and rifampicin.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1471-2180-11-35","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,2,18]],"date-time":"2011-02-18T14:26:40Z","timestamp":1298039200000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":131,"title":["Ethidium bromide transport across Mycobacterium smegmatiscell-wall: correlation with antibiotic resistance"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Liliana","family":"Rodrigues","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jorge","family":"Ramos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Isabel","family":"Couto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Leonard","family":"Amaral","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Miguel","family":"Viveiros","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2011,2,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"1319_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"29","DOI":"10.1146\/annurev.bi.64.070195.000333","volume":"64","author":"PJ Brennan","year":"1995","unstructured":"Brennan PJ, Nikaido H: The envelope of mycobacteria. 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