Open AccessFluoroquinolone-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Strains Occur Frequently in Elderly Patients in Japan
Author(s) -
Shinichi Yokota,
Kiyoshi Satô,
Osamu Kuwahara,
Satoshi Habadera,
Naoyuki Tsukamoto,
Hironori Ohuchi,
Hirotsugu Akizawa,
Tetsuo Himi,
Nobuhiro Fujii
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07
H-Index - 259
eISSN - 1070-6283
pISSN - 0066-4804
DOI - 10.1128/aac.46.10.3311-3315.2002
Subject(s) - streptococcus pneumoniae , microbiology and biotechnology , streptococcaceae , biology , pneumococcal infections , streptococcus , virology , medicine , bacteria , antibiotics , genetics
We identified and genetically characterized seven fluoroquinolone-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae strains among 293 clinical strains isolated from 1999 to 2001 in Japan. The resistant strains were isolated only from adults, and 7 of 31 isolates (22.6%) were from patients more than 20 years old. Resistant strains were not found in 262 isolates from children under age 10.