Molecular characterization and antimicrobial susceptibility of fluoroquinolone-resistant or -susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae from Hong Kong.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
; 47(4): 1433-5, 2003 Apr.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12654686
ABSTRACT
Fluoroquinolone resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from Hong Kong as part of Prospective Resistant Organism Tracking and Epidemiology for the Ketolide Telithromycin 1999/2000 was found to be due to the spread of the Spain(23F)-1 clone (mainly a Spain(23F)-1-14 variant). All the isolates were multidrug resistant but were susceptible to quinupristin-dalfopristin, linezolid, and telithromycin. The Spain(23F)-1 clone also occurred among antimicrobial-susceptible isolates, which suggests that the primary source of this clone may have been Asia rather than Iberia.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Streptococcus pneumoniae
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Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
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Anti-Infective Agents
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
Year:
2003
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United kingdom