Article
The molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae with quinolone resistance mutations.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 15 Jan 2005
Richter S S, Heilmann K P, Beekmann S E, Miller N J, Rice C L, Doern G V
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of fluoroquinolone resistance and quinolone resistance-determining region (QRDR) mutations among Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in the United States during the period of 2001-2002. A second objective was to examine the genet...
Topics
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Ciprofloxacin
- DNA Gyrase
- DNA Topoisomerase IV
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Humans
- Levofloxacin
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Mutation
- Ofloxacin
- Pneumococcal Infections
- Population Surveillance
- Serotyping
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Time Factors
- United States