Article
Comparison of drug sensitivity and genotypes of clinically isolated strains of levofloxacin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae obtained from Okinawa Island, the Japanese main island and Hong Kong.
The Journal of antibiotics - 1 Aug 2011
Sunagawa Satoko, Fujita Jiro, Higa Futoshi, Tateyama Masao, Haranaga Shusaku, Nakasone Isamu, Yamane Nobuhisa, Uno Tsukasa
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of fluoroquinolone-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae is increasing worldwide. In the present study, a comparison of drug sensitivity and genotypes of clinically isolated strains of levofloxacin (LVFX)-resistant S. pneumoniae obtained from Hong Kong, Okinawa Island and the Japanese...
Topics
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Bacterial Proteins
- Cluster Analysis
- DNA, Bacterial
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Hong Kong
- Humans
- Japan
- Levofloxacin
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests