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Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Strains Occur Frequently in Elderly Patients in Japan
Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Strains Occur Frequently in Elderly Patients in Japan
- Source :
- Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 46:3311-3315
- Publication Year :
- 2002
- Publisher :
- American Society for Microbiology, 2002.
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Abstract
- We identified and genetically characterized seven fluoroquinolone-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae strains among 293 clinical strains isolated from 1999 to 2001 in Japan. The resistant strains were isolated only from adults, and 7 of 31 isolates (22.6%) were from patients more than 20 years old. Resistant strains were not found in 262 isolates from children under age 10.
- Subjects :
- Adult
DNA Topoisomerase IV
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
medicine.disease_cause
DNA gyrase
Pneumococcal Infections
Microbiology
Minimum inhibitory concentration
Anti-Infective Agents
Japan
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Streptococcus pneumoniae
medicine
Humans
Pharmacology (medical)
Child
Aged
Antibacterial agent
Aged, 80 and over
Pharmacology
biology
Infant
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Middle Aged
Streptococcaceae
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
Pneumococcal infections
Infectious Diseases
Susceptibility
DNA Gyrase
Child, Preschool
Female
Fluoroquinolones
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10986596 and 00664804
- Volume :
- 46
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6c3824330594a5e6388483b65969bd70
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.46.10.3311-3315.2002