Article
Characterization of the quinolone resistant determining regions in clinical isolates of pneumococci collected in Canada.
Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials - 18 Jan 2010
Patel Samir N, Melano Roberto, McGeer Allison, Green Karen, Low Donald E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to examine Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates collected from a longitudinal surveillance program in order to determine their susceptibility to currently used fluoroquinolones and of the frequency and type of mutations in the quinolone-resistant determini...
Topics
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Canada
- DNA Gyrase
- DNA Topoisomerase IV
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Fluoroquinolones
- Gene Frequency
- Humans
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Mutation
- Pneumococcal Infections
- Streptococcus pneumoniae