Open AccessRisk Factors for Efflux Pump Overexpression in Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Escherichia coli
Author(s) -
Jennifer Han,
Irving Nachamkin,
Pam Tolomeo,
Xinggang Mao,
Warren B. Bilker,
Ebbing Lautenbach
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jis567
Subject(s) - odds ratio , efflux , confidence interval , escherichia coli , microbiology and biotechnology , levofloxacin , medicine , logistic regression , colonization , risk factor , drug resistance , antimicrobial , antibiotics , multiple drug resistance , biology , gastroenterology , gene , biochemistry , genetics
We conducted a case-control study to identify risk factors for efflux overexpression, an important mechanism of fluoroquinolone resistance, among patients with fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli (FQREC) gastrointestinal tract colonization.
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