Increasing Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Campylobacter jejuni, Pennsylvania, USA,1982–20011

Fluoroquinolone-resistant Campylobacter jejuni has been observed worldwide and is now being seen in the United States. Among patients in our health-care system in Pennsylvania, fluoroquinolone-resistant C. jejuni were not observed from 1982 to 1992; however, resistance increased to 40.5% in 2001. Re...

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Autores principales: Nachamkin, Irving, Ung, Huong, Li, Ming
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738503/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12498672
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0812.020115
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Sumario:Fluoroquinolone-resistant Campylobacter jejuni has been observed worldwide and is now being seen in the United States. Among patients in our health-care system in Pennsylvania, fluoroquinolone-resistant C. jejuni were not observed from 1982 to 1992; however, resistance increased to 40.5% in 2001. Resistance to erythromycin remains at a low level (<5%).

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