Open AccessCharacterization of fluoroquinolone-resistant Shigella flexneri in Hangzhou area of China
Author(s) -
Xiaoying Pu,
Jingcao Pan,
Hongqiang Wang,
Weidong Zhang,
Huang Zhen,
Yuxuan Gu
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkp087
Subject(s) - shigellosis , shigella flexneri , shigella , microbiology and biotechnology , china , medicine , biology , geography , gene , escherichia coli , genetics , archaeology
The aim of this study was to characterize fluoroquinolone-resistant Shigella and determine whether the qnr and aac(6')-Ib-cr genes could contribute to sporadic shigellosis at the clinic in the Hangzhou area of China.
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