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. 2008 May;52(5):1888-90.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.00035-08. Epub 2008 Feb 25.

Emergence of fluoroquinolone resistance in group B streptococcal isolates in Taiwan

Hsiu-Mei Wu  1 , Rajendra Prasad Janapatla, Yueh-Ren Ho, Kuei-Hsiang Hung, Chi-Wen Wu, Jing-Jou Yan, Jiunn-Jong Wu
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Emergence of fluoroquinolone resistance in group B streptococcal isolates in Taiwan

Hsiu-Mei Wu et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 May.

Abstract

Of 1,994 group B streptococcal isolates collected, 26 (1.3%) of the isolates were resistant to levofloxacin, and cross-resistance to other fluoroquinolones was observed. The emergence and prevalence of high-level fluoroquinolone resistance in genetically unrelated isolates were linked to the presence of gyrA, parC, and parE triple mutations in each isolate.

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FIG. 1.
PFGE patterns of 26 fluoroquinolone-resistant GBS isolates. The designations for isolates that were represented by each pulse type are shown below the gels. Lanes M contain a lambda ladder (Gibco) that served as a molecular marker.
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