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Prevalence and characterization of quinolone resistance in Laribacter hongkongensis from grass carp and Chinese tiger frog.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Oct 2013
Chen Ding-Qiang, Yang Ling, Luo Yu-Ting, Mao Min-Jie, Lin Yong-Ping, Wu Ai-Wu
Abstract excerpt
Laribacter hongkongensis is a food-borne bacterium associated with community-acquired gastroenteritis and diarrhoea. Quinolone resistance was recently reported in bacterial isolates from aquatic products, but the molecular mechanisms for resistance were still unknown. In this study, a total of 157 L. hongkongensis strains were isolated from grass carps (n = 443) and Chinese tiger frogs (n = 171). Twenty-one...
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