Article
Molecular characterization of quinolone-insensitive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from Japanese patients.
Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy - 1 Apr 2013
Araki Nobuko, Yanagihara Katsunori, Matsukawa Yoko, Harada Yosuke, Migiyama Yohei, Nagaoka Kentaro, Yamada Koichi, Morinaga Yoshitomo, Hasegawa Hiroo, Kohno Shigeru, Kamihira Shimeru
Abstract excerpt
Fluoroquinolone resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae has become a growing concern. Using S. pneumoniae isolates (n = 61) for which the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of levofloxacin was not less than 1 μg/ml, we investigated the susceptibility of S. pneumoniae isolates to other fluoroqu...
Topics
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Genes, Bacterial
- Humans
- Japan
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Molecular Typing
- Mutation
- Pneumococcal Infections
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Quinolones
- Streptococcus pneumoniae