Ciprofloxacin-resistant Haemophilus influenzae strains possess mutations in analogous positions of GyrA and ParC

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1741-1744

  Georgiou, Marios ^a   Muñoz, Rosario ^b   Román, Federico ^a   Cantón, Rafael ^c   Gómez Lus, Rafael ^d   Campos, José ^a   De La Campa, Adela G ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029888770     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.7.1741     Document Type: Article

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