Open AccessMulticlonal emergence of levofloxacin-resistant group B Streptococcus, Taiwan
Author(s) -
ChiJung Wu,
JuiFen Lai,
IWen Huang,
Li-Yun Hsieh,
Huiying Wang,
YihRu Shiau,
TsaiLing Lauderdale
Publication year - 2017
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/dkx297
Subject(s) - levofloxacin , microbiology and biotechnology , penicillin , serotype , streptococcus pneumoniae , erythromycin , moxifloxacin , biology , clindamycin , genotype , cephalosporin , antibiotics , gene , biochemistry
This study investigated the trend in antimicrobial resistance among group B Streptococcus (GBS) from a national surveillance programme in Taiwan and delineated characteristics of and factors associated with levofloxacin-resistant isolates.
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