Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2000)

Trends in Antimicrobial-Drug Resistance in Japan

  • Yoshichika Arakawa,
  • Yasuyoshi Ike,
  • Mitsuaki Nagasawa,
  • Naohiro Shibata,
  • Yohei Doi,
  • Keigo Shibayama,
  • Tetsuya Yagi,
  • Takeshi Kurata

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0606.000604
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 6
pp. 572 – 575

Abstract

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Multidrug resistance in gram-positive bacteria has become common worldwide. In Japan until recently, gram-negative bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Serratia marcescens were controlled by carbapenems, fluoroquinolones, and aminoglycosides. However, several of these microorganisms have recently developed resistance against many antimicrobial drugs.

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