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Characterization of fluoroquinolone-resistant Shigella flexneri in Hangzhou area of China.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 May 2009
Pu Xiao-Ying, Pan Jing-Cao, Wang Hao-Qiu, Zhang Wei, Huang Zhi-Cheng, Gu Yang-Ming
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to characterize fluoroquinolone-resistant Shigella and determine whether the qnr and aac(6')-Ib-cr genes could contribute to sporadic shigellosis at the clinic in the Hangzhou area of China. METHODS: A total of 202 strains of Shigella (79 Shigella sonnei and 123 Shigella flexneri ) isolated from sporadic cases of shigellosis from 1998 to 2007 were analysed for their...
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