Article
Characterization of clinical isolates of Escherichia coli showing high levels of fluoroquinolone resistance.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Mar 1996
Lehn N, Stower-Hoffmann J, Kott T, Strassner C, Wagner H, Kronke M, Schneider-Brachert W
Abstract excerpt
During the years 1992 to 1994, an increase in fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli was observed at the Medical Center of the Technical University in Munich, Germany. Nineteen strains were collected and were thus available for further analysis. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis showed clonal...
Topics
- Anti-Infective Agents
- Base Sequence
- DNA Gyrase
- DNA Topoisomerases, Type II
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Escherichia coli
- Fluoroquinolones
- Humans
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation