Prevalence of resistance to aminoglycosides and fluoroquinolones among Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains in a University Hospital in Northeastern Poland

The present study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of genes encoding resistance to aminoglycosides and fluoroquinolones among twenty-five Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated between 2002 and 2009. In PCR, following genes were detected: ant(2")-Ia in 9 (36.0%), aac(6')-Ib in 7 (28.0%), qnrB in 5 (20.0%), aph(3")-Ib in 2 (8.0%) of isolates.

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Main Authors: Michalska,Anna Diana, Sacha,Pawel Tomasz, Ojdana,Dominika, Wieczorek,Anna, Tryniszewska,Elzbieta
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2014
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822014000400041
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