A longitudinal epidemiology study of fluoroquinolone-nonsusceptible Klebsiella pneumoniae reveals an increasing prevalence of qnrB and qnrS in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Pei-Yun Kuo (Author), Wei-Hung Lin (Author), Shu-Fei Tang (Author), Ya-Yu Cheng (Author), Carl Jay Ballena Bregente (Author), Tran Thi Thuy Duong (Author), Ming-Cheng Wang (Author), Ching-Hao Teng (Author), Yi-Hsien Hsieh (Author), Pei-Fang Tsai (Author), Ying-Chi Li (Author), Cheng-Yen Kao (Author)
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• Published: Elsevier, 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Our objective was to investigate the prevalence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) genes in fluoroquinolone-nonsusceptible Klebsiella pneumoniae (FQNSKP) in Taiwan, 1999-2022. Methods: A total of 938 FQNSKP isolates were identified from 1966 isolates. The presence of PMQR an...