In vitro emergence of quinolone-resistant mutants of Escherichia coli, Enterobacter cloacae, and Serratia marcescens.

doi:10.1128/AAC.34.1.173

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In vitro emergence of quinolone-resistant mutants of Escherichia coli, Enterobacter cloacae, and Serratia marcescens.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jan 1990

Watanabe M, Kotera Y, Yosue K, Inoue M, Mitsuhashi S

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Norfloxacin- and ciprofloxacin-resistant mutants of several Enterobacter cloacae and Serratia marcescens isolates occurred at frequencies of greater than or equal to 10(-7)/CFU, which were higher than those of Escherichia coli isolates, in accordance with the increasing emergence of less-suscepti...

Topics

Anti-Infective Agents
Ciprofloxacin
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Enterobacter
Enterobacteriaceae
Escherichia coli
Mutation
Norfloxacin
Serratia marcescens

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