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Emergence of fluoroquinolone-resistant Haemophilus influenzae strains among elderly patients but not among children.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jan 2008
Yokota Shin-ichi, Ohkoshi Yasuo, Sato Kiyoshi, Fujii Nobuhiro
Abstract excerpt
We screened 457 Haemophilus influenzae strains isolated in Japan during 2002 to 2004 and identified 12 fluoroquinolone-resistant strains (2.6%). The resistant strains were divided into three genotypes (eight, three, and one of each type). These were isolated from patients over 58 years of age. Several fluoroquinolone-resistant clones appeared to have invaded the population of elderly patients in a particular...
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