Emergence of quinolone-resistant Bordetella pertussis in Japan.

ID: ALA1649508

Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother

Title: Emergence of quinolone-resistant Bordetella pertussis in Japan.

Authors: Ohtsuka M, Kikuchi K, Shimizu K, Takahashi N, Ono Y, Sasaki T, Hiramatsu K.

Abstract: Six Bordetella pertussis strains isolated from children in Japan from 2004 to 2006 showed high-level resistance to nalidixic acid (NAL; MIC, >256 microg/ml) and decreased susceptibilities to fluoroquinolones. All of the NAL-resistant strains had the same D87G mutation in gyrA.

CiteXplore: 19414571

DOI: 10.1128/aac.00023-09

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