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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
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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 genetic relatedness of pneumococcal isolates with parC and/or gyrA mutations during the period of 1994-2002. METHODS:...
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