Open AccessGenetic Relatedness and Quinolone Resistance of Campylobacter jejuni Strains Isolated in 2002 in Hong Kong
Author(s) -
Yiu-Wai Chu,
Man-Yu Chu,
K Luey,
Yin-Wa Ngan,
Ka-lok Grand Tsang,
KaiMan Kam
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.42.7.3321-3323.2004
Subject(s) - campylobacter jejuni , microbiology and biotechnology , quinolone , campylobacter , biology , bacteria , genetics , virology , antibiotics
Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis fingerprints of 98 Campylobacter jejuni isolates from patients (85) and chicken carcasses (13) in Hong Kong in 2002 demonstrated high genetic diversity. The prevalence of quinolone resistance among the isolates was 85.9%, and replacement of the threonine-86 residue in the gyrase subunit A was the major resistance mechanism.