Prevalence of Plasmid-Mediated Quinolone Resistance Genes among Ciprofloxacin-Nonsusceptible Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolated from Blood Cultures in Korea

Hee Young Yang; You Sun Nam; Hee Joo Lee

doi:10.1155/2014/329541

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology (Jan 2014)

Prevalence of Plasmid-Mediated Quinolone Resistance Genes among Ciprofloxacin-Nonsusceptible Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolated from Blood Cultures in Korea

Hee Young Yang,
You Sun Nam,
Hee Joo Lee

Affiliations

Hee Young Yang: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan and Department of Medicine, Republic of Korea
You Sun Nam: Department of Biomedical Science, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea
Hee Joo Lee: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/329541
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 25, no. 3
pp. 163 – 169

Abstract

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OBJECTIVES:To analyze the prevalence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) determinants in ciprofloxacin-nonsusceptible Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from patients at a tertiary care hospital in Korea.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

ISSN: 1712-9532 (Print); 1918-1493 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Science: Microbiology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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