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. 2001 Oct;45(10):2955-7.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.45.10.2955-2957.2001.

Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates with reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin in Spain: clonal diversity and appearance of ciprofloxacin-resistant epidemic clones

L Alou  1 , M Ramirez, C García-Rey, J Prieto, H de Lencastre
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Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates with reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin in Spain: clonal diversity and appearance of ciprofloxacin-resistant epidemic clones

L Alou et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2001 Oct.

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  • Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2001 Dec;45(12):3678

Abstract

Analysis of the pulsed-field gel electrophoretic profiles of 82 pneumococcal isolates with reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin (RSC) and of 90 co-occurring susceptible isolates indicates a considerable genetic diversity among isolates with RCS and points to a close relation between the two groups. This finding suggests that pneumococci with RCS emerge through independent mutational events.

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