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Molecular epidemiology of quinolone resistance and comparative in vitro activities of new quinolones against European Staphylococcus aureus isolates.
FEMS immunology and medical microbiology - 1 Dec 1999
Schmitz F J, Fluit A C, Brisse S, Verhoef J, Köhrer K, Milatovic D
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: New fluoroquinolones (FQ) may possibly be used as alternative therapeutic options for Staphylococcus aureus infections. Our objectives were: (1) to define the in vitro activities of seven FQs in a collection of 434 methicillin-susceptible and 457 methicillin-resistant S. aureus from 23 European university hospitals; (2) to characterise the prevalence of mutations in the grlA and gyrA genes in all...
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