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Development and mechanism of fluoroquinolone resistance in Legionella pneumophila.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Feb 2003
Jonas Daniel, Engels Inge, Hartung Doris, Beyersmann Jan, Frank Uwe, Daschner Franz D
Abstract excerpt
The potential for selection in vitro of Legionella pneumophila mutants resistant to fluoroquinolones was investigated. Six distinct clinical isolates of L. pneumophila were subcultured in subinhibitory concentrations of ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, clinafloxacin, trovafloxacin and moxifloxacin until MICs increased at least eight-fold. The numbers of serial passages required in microbroth dilution series were...
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