| Literature DB >> 22259208 |
Xiaobing Zhang1, Bing Zhao, Liguo Liu, Yafang Zhu, Yanlin Zhao, Qi Jin.
Abstract
The presence of heteroresistance was represented by 23% of 235 fluoroquinolone (FQ)-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Beijing, China, from 2008 to 2010. The main mechanism of FQ heteroresistance is due to the segregation of a single M. tuberculosis strain in patients; the majority of isolates with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis contained a mixture of bacterial subpopulations consisting of various mutant types, suggesting that the improper use of FQ is the major cause of FQ resistance.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22259208 PMCID: PMC3318552 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05793-11
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948