bacteria. The plasmid-encoded 65-amino-acid-long ciprofloxacin-modifying enzyme CrpP
was recently identified in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates. We analyzed a collection of
100 clonally unrelated and multidrug-resistant P. aeruginosa clinical isolates, among which
46 were positive for crpP-like genes, encoding five CrpP variants conferring variable levels
of reduced susceptibility to fluoroquinolones. These crpP-like genes were chromosomally …