Characterization of fluoroquinolone-resistant Shigella flexneri in Hangzhou area of China

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 917-920

  Pu, Xiao Ying ^a   Pan, Jing Cao ^a   Wang, Hao Qiu ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Huang, Zhi Cheng ^a   Gu, Yang Ming ^b  

^a Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aac(6 ) Ib cr; Antibiotic resistance; Plasmid replicon; QnrS

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) B; LEVOFLOXACIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; PROTEIN PARC; PROTEIN PARE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHINA; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPLICON; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLOSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA GYRASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FLUOROQUINOLONES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PLASMIDS; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 64649103183     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkp087     Document Type: Article

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