Article
Community origins and regional differences highlight risk of plasmid-mediated fluoroquinolone resistant Enterobacteriaceae infections in children
2018-04-16
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<h4>Background:</h4> Fluoroquinolones (FQs) are uncommonly prescribed in children, yet pediatric multidrug-resistant (MDR)-Enterobacteriaceae (Ent) infections often reveal FQ resistance (FQR). We sought to define the molecular epidemiology of FQR and MDR-Ent in children. <h4>Methods:</h4> A case-control analysis of children with MDR-Ent infections at 3 Chicago hospitals was performed. Cases were children with th...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 253700d5-807c-55d4-9cb7-8117935f7290
- DOI
- 10.1101/301457
