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Characteristics of Romanian fluoroquinolone-resistant human clinical Escherichia coli isolates.
Roumanian archives of microbiology and immunology - 1 Jan 2000
Usein Codruţa-Romaniţa, Tatu-Chiţoiu Dorina, Nica Maria, Ciontea Simona Adriana, Palade Andi-Marian, Condei Maria, Damian Maria
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Alarming progressive increase in the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli has been documented worldwide. Previous studies have suggested that many E. coli clinical isolates are actually low-virulence opportunists whose success derives more from antibiotic resistance than from pathogenic capability. The co-existence of ESBL production and fluoroquinolone resistance was reported as a major...
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