Fluoroquinolone resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes.
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Streptococcus pyogenes isolated from blood and urine samples obtained from a 78-year-old woman was tested for susceptibility, and fluoroquinolone resistance (minimum inhibitory concentration of levofloxacin, 16 microg/mL) was found. DNA amplification and sequencing revealed a serine81-->tyrosine substitution in gyrA and 2 substitutions in parC: serine79-->phenylalanine and alanine121-->valine. This is the second report of a clinical isolate of S. pyogenes with high-level fluoroquinolone resistance.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
دوره 36 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2003