High Genetic Diversity of Ciprofloxacin-Nonsusceptible Isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Poland
- 1 May 2005
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 49 (5) , 2126-9
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.49.5.2126-2129.2005
Abstract
We have analyzed the susceptibility to ciprofloxacin of 697 pneumococcal isolates collected in 1998-2002 in Poland from patients with respiratory tract diseases. Thirty-one ciprofloxacin-nonsusceptible isolates (MICs, ≥4 μg/ml) were identified, of which two were resistant to levofloxacin (MIC, 8 μg/ml). Serotyping, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, multilocus sequence typing, and the analysis of resistance determinants showed their great genetic diversity.Keywords
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