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SUBMITTER: Yokota S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC128788 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yokota Shin-Ichi S Sato Kiyoshi K Kuwahara Osamu O Habadera Satoshi S Tsukamoto Naoyuki N Ohuchi Hironori H Akizawa Hirotsugu H Himi Tetsuo T Fujii Nobuhiro N
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20021001 10
We identified and genetically characterized seven fluoroquinolone-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae strains among 293 clinical strains isolated from 1999 to 2001 in Japan. The resistant strains were isolated only from adults, and 7 of 31 isolates (22.6%) were from patients more than 20 years old. Resistant strains were not found in 262 isolates from children under age 10. ...[more]