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Ciprofloxacin-resistant Escherichia coli emerging in a rehabilitation medical center.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Nov 1997
Canawati H N, el-Farra R, Seymour J, Shimashita J, Dunn D, Montgomerie J Z
Abstract excerpt
A retrospective review of laboratory records from 1988 to 1996 has shown an increased rate of ciprofloxacin-resistant (cip(r)) Escherichia coli in our rehabilitation center. Resistance increased from 0.6% in 1989 to 5.9% in 1996. Of 7870 E. coli strains isolated during this period, 257 cip(r)-E. coli were recovered from 257 patients. The majority (96%) of these resistant strains were isolated from the urine...
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