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
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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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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Li, Ming
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description 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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spelling pubmed-27385032009-09-16 Increasing Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Campylobacter jejuni, Pennsylvania, USA,1982–20011 Nachamkin, Irving Ung, Huong Li, Ming Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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%). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002-12 /pmc/articles/PMC2738503/ /pubmed/12498672 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0812.020115 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Nachamkin, Irving
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Increasing Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Campylobacter jejuni, Pennsylvania, USA,1982–20011
title Increasing Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Campylobacter jejuni, Pennsylvania, USA,1982–20011
title_full Increasing Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Campylobacter jejuni, Pennsylvania, USA,1982–20011
title_fullStr Increasing Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Campylobacter jejuni, Pennsylvania, USA,1982–20011
title_full_unstemmed Increasing Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Campylobacter jejuni, Pennsylvania, USA,1982–20011
title_short Increasing Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Campylobacter jejuni, Pennsylvania, USA,1982–20011
title_sort increasing fluoroquinolone resistance in campylobacter jejuni, pennsylvania, usa,1982–20011
topic Dispatch
url 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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