Resistance to fluoroquinolones in Escherichia coli isolated from poultry.

doi:10.1128/AAC.40.6.1504

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Resistance to fluoroquinolones in Escherichia coli isolated from poultry.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jun 1996

Bazile-Pham-Khac S, Truong Q C, Lafont J P, Gutmann L, Zhou X Y, Osman M, Moreau N J

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Quinolone-resistant Escherichia coli strains were isolated from poultry clinical samples in Saudi Arabia. The poultry flocks had been treated with oxolinic acid or flumequine prophylaxis. The measure of the uptake of fluoroquinolones showed that none of the strains had a reduced accumulation of q...

Topics

4-Quinolones
Animals
Anti-Infective Agents
DNA Topoisomerases, Type II
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Escherichia coli
Fluoroquinolones
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Mutation
Phenotype
Poultry

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