Incidence, Epidemiology, and Characteristics of Quinolone- Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae in Croatia
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- 1 August 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 46 (8) , 2671-2675
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.46.8.2671-2675.2002
Abstract
Among 585 Streptococcus pneumoniae strains isolated in 22 Croatian hospitals 21 strains (3.6%) were quinolone nonsusceptible. MICs of all quinolones were high for seven strains tested with the same serotype (23F) and mutations in gyrA , parC , and parE . The remaining 14 strains were more heterogeneous and had mutations only in parC and/or parE , and the MICs of quinolones were lower for these strains.Keywords
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