Article
Molecular epidemiological analysis of quinolone-resistant Escherichia coli causing bacteremia in neutropenic patients with leukemia in Korea.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Dec 1997
Yoo J H, Huh D H, Choi J H, Shin W S, Kang M W, Kim C C, Kim D J
Abstract excerpt
We analyzed an outbreak of Escherichia coli bacteremia in eight patients with leukemia in a hematology-oncology unit from July to September 1994. The antibiograms and genotypic patterns of the isolates were different, thus suggesting that the outbreak did not originate from a single clone. Howeve...
Topics
- 4-Quinolones
- Anti-Infective Agents
- Bacteremia
- DNA Gyrase
- DNA Topoisomerases, Type II
- Disease Outbreaks
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Escherichia coli
- Genotype
- Humans
- Korea
