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Emergence of reduced susceptibility and resistance to fluoroquinolones in Escherichia coli in Taiwan and contributions of distinct selective pressures.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Nov 2001
McDonald L C, Chen F J, Lo H J, Yin H C, Lu P L, Huang C H, Chen P, Lauderdale T L, Ho M
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A survey of 1,203 Escherichia coli isolates from 44 hospitals in Taiwan revealed that 136 (11.3%) isolates were resistant to fluoroquinolones and that another 261 (21.7%) isolates had reduced susceptibility. Resistance was more common in isolates responsible for hospital-acquired (mostly in inten...
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