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Molecular epidemiology and mutations at gyrA and parC genes of ciprofloxacin-resistant Escherichia coli isolates from a Taiwan medical center.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 2001
Chen J Y, Siu L K, Chen Y H, Lu P L, Ho M, Peng C F
Abstract excerpt
Sixty-five ciprofloxacin-resistant clinical Escherichia coli isolates were collected from a Taiwan Medical Center from December 1998 to February 1999. All 65 clinical isolates were resistant (MICs > or = 4 microg/mL) to the following fluoroquinolones: ofloxacin, levofloxacin, sparfloxacin, and trovafloxacin. These isolates were cross-resistant to chloramphenicol (65 isolates, 100%), tetracycline (65 isolates,...
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