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Risk factors for gyrA and parC mutations in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology - 1 Apr 2015
Cluzet Valerie C, Lautenbach Ebbing, Nachamkin Irving, Cary Mark S, Fishman Neil O, Shih Natalie N C, Morales Knashawn H, Linkin Darren R
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OBJECTIVE: The major mechanism of fluoroquinolone (FQ) resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PSA) is modification of target proteins in DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV, most commonly the gyrA and parC subunits. The objective of this study was to determine risk factors for PSA with and without gyr...
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