| Literature DB >> 21358875 |
Dennis Ks Law1, Michelle Shuel, Sadjia Bekal, Elizabeth Bryce, Raymond Sw Tsang.
Abstract
The quinolone resistance-determining regions of gyrA and parC of both quinolone-sensitive and quinolone-resistant Haemophilus parainfluenzae strains were amplified and sequenced. Similar to Haemophilus influenzae, resistance to quinolones in H parainfluenzae is associated with mutations in the quinolone resistance-determining regions of both gyrA and parC. The present study discusses the importance of this finding.Entities:
Keywords: Genetic detection; Haemophilus parainfluenzae; Quinolone resistance
Year: 2010 PMID: 21358875 PMCID: PMC2852290 DOI: 10.1155/2010/525919
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol ISSN: 1712-9532 Impact factor: 2.471