Novel Levofloxacin-Resistant Multidrug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 11A Isolates, South Korea

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Park, Miey ; Kim, Hyun Soo ; Kim, Han-Sung ; Park, Ji Young ; Song, Wonkeun ; Cho, Hyoun Chan ; Kim, Jae-Seok
• Description:
  Of 608 Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical strains isolated at a hospital in South Korea during 2009-2014, sixteen (2.6%) were identified as levofloxacin resistant. The predominant serotype was 11A (9 isolates). Two novel sequence types of multidrug-resistant S. pneumoniae with serotype 11A were identified, indicating continuous diversification of resistant strains.
• Subjects:
  Antimicrobial Resistance Bacteria Dispatch Levofloxacin-resistant MDR Multidrug-resistant Respiratory Infections Serotype 11A Streptococci Streptococcus Pneumoniae
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 22(11):1978-1980.
• Pubmed ID:
  27767906
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5088008
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Republic of Korea
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:128fd8eeb5bdf02d8ec6ae389746a74a413eff20f5107e0d3123ad3ef89f38ab
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/42799/cdc_42799_DS1.pdf
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