i want to measure efflux activity of klebsiella penumoniae with etbr agar cartwell method but i dont know how i must this start this assay. i am rookie as well as :) is the any one use this method and screning results effectively.
We are just woriking on it with standart A. baumannii strains. We added different concentrations of Et Br (100, 50, 25, 12.5 ug/mL) in to tryptic soy agar as mentioned in the study of JM Pages et al. It seems that best results were obtained with 25 ug/mL of Et Br in tryptic soy agar with A. baumannii. We try to optimize our results...
I found this a difficult assay to quantify. Ensure that you have a good set of control strains so that you know if it is working. Try to get hold of a strain that overexpresses efflux pumps and one that does not.
You can use the method was described by Martins, M. ;Viveiros, M. ;Couto, I. ;Costa, S.S. ;Pacheco, T. ;Fanning, S.; Pagès, J.M. and Amaral, L.2011. Identification of efflux pump-mediated multidrug-resistant bacteria by the Ethidium Bromide-agar Cartwheel Method In Vivo. 25:171–178.
I used the following assay and worked very well, try it.
A 96-well plate fluorescence assay for assessment of cellular permeability and active efflux in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium and Escherichia coli