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Emergence of quinolone-imipenem cross-resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa after fluoroquinolone therapy.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Mar 1992
Aubert G, Pozzetto B, Dorche G
Abstract excerpt
Emergence of resistance to fluoroquinolones was observed in two clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa after ciprofloxacin or norfloxacin monotherapy. In the first case, the resistant variants exhibited quinolone-imipenem cross-resistance (MIC of norfloxacin and ciprofloxacin: 16 mg/L; MIC of imipenem: 8 mg/L), although the patient had never received imipenem treatment, while the strain from the second case...
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