Article
Emergence of multidrug-resistant clones in levofloxacin-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Korea.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Jul 2018
Baek Jin Yang, Kang Cheol-In, Kim So Hyun, Ko Kwan Soo, Chung Doo Ryeon, Peck Kyong Ran, Lee Nam Yong, Song Jae-Hoon
Abstract excerpt
The use of fluoroquinolones to treat respiratory tract infections and pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae has affected the emergence of resistance to this class of drugs. Increasing pneumococcal resistance to levofloxacin has become a major public health concern. We investigated the prevale...
Topics
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
- Female
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Humans
- Levofloxacin
- Male
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Middle Aged
- Multilocus Sequence Typing
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Pneumococcal Infections
- Prevalence
- Republic of Korea