Emergence of Neisseria meningitidis with decreased susceptibility to ciprofloxacin in Argentina [2]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 596-597

  Corso, Alejandra ^a   Faccone, Diego ^a   Miranda, Mariana ^a   Rodriguez, Marisa ^a   Regueira, Mabel ^a   Carranza, Cristina ^b   Vencina, Cecilia ^c   Vazquez, Julio A ^d   Galas, Marcelo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^b Hospital Area Cipolleti   (Argentina)

^c Hospital de Ninos Sor Maria Ludovica   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Efflux; Fluoroquinolones; N. meningitidis; QRDRs

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; NALIDIXIC ACID; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RESERPINE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARGENTINA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEROTYPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARGENTINA; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 17444428142     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dki048     Document Type: Letter

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