Details:

Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Ho, Pak-Leung ; Chow, Kin Hung ; Mak, Gannon C. ; Tsang, Kenneth W. ; Lau, Yu Lung ; ... More +
Ho, Pak-Leung ; Chow, Kin Hung ; Mak, Gannon C. ; Tsang, Kenneth W. ; Lau, Yu Lung ; Ho, Alex Y. ; Lai, Eileen L. ; Chiu, Susan S. Less -
Description:
Among 563 strains of Haemophilus influenzae from young children in Hong Kong, 5 (0.9%) had decreased susceptibility to quinolones. The five strains had a Ser-84-Lys or Asp-88-Asn substitution in GyrA. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis showed that the isolates are genetically diverse.
Subject:
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anti‑infective Agents
Carrier State
Child
Child, Preschool
Dispatch
Drug Resistance
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Fluoroquinolone
Haemophilus Influenza
Haemophilus Influenzae
Hong Kong
Humans
Infant
Levofloxacin
Microbial
Nalidixic Acid
Nasopharynx
Ofloxacin
Pulsed-field Gel Electrophoresis
Dispatch

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 10(11):1660-1962.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:1306395ffdec2da9f26d6cbe8fcc8b27aa3842139ded2d91e19ba5386f326329
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