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Novel variants of the qnrB gene, qnrB31 and qnrB32, in Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Dec 2011
Wang Dongguo, Wang Haibao, Qi Yongxiao, Liang Yong, Zhang Jing, Yu Lianhua
Abstract excerpt
Quinolone resistance in the family Enterobacteriaceae is mostly attributed to the accumulation of mutations in the bacterial enzymes targeted by fluoroquinolones: DNA gyrase and DNA topoisomerase IV. Here we isolated the Klebsiella pneumoniae strains KP3606 and KP4707 from different specimens from 2008 to 2010 in Taizhou Municipal Hospital of China, and discovered a new subtype qnrB31, for which the GenBank...
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