Fluoroquinolone resistance in clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae from Asian countries: ANSORP study

• Main Authors: Oh, W.S., Suh, J.Y., Song, J.H., Ko, K.S., Jung, S.I., Peck, K.R., Lee, N.Y., Yang, Y.H., Chongthaleong, A., Chiu, C.H., Kamarulzaman, Adeeba, Parasakthi, N., Lalitha, M.K., Perera, J., Yee, T.T., Kumarasinghe, G., Carlos, C.C.
• Format: Article
• Published: Mary Ann Liebert 2004
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/4582/

Seventeen clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae showing reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin (MIC : 4 mug/ml) collected from eight different Asian countries were analyzed by antimicrobial susceptibility, serotyping, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), and DNA sequencing of the quinol...