Quinolone Resistance Mechanisms in Pneumococci
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Quinolone resistance mechanisms in pneumococci.
Quinolones are widely used in the treatment of respiratory infections, in large part because of their activity against Streptococcus pneumoniae and other commonly encountered respiratory tract pathogens. Pneumococcal isolates that are resistant to these "respiratory quinolones" have now begun to emerge. Resistance is attributable to mutations affecting the intracellular targets of these drugs, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1537-6591,1058-4838
DOI: 10.1086/382709