Increasing Rates of Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Escherichia coli Blood and Urinary Isolates in Stem Cell Transplant and Hematologic Malignancy Populations

• Главные авторы: Christopher G. Hauck (Автор), Pearlie P. Chong (Автор), Melissa B. Miller (Автор), Katarzyna Jamieson (Автор), Jason P. Fine (Автор), Matthew C. Foster (Автор), Thomas C. Shea (Автор), David van Duin (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Case Western Reserve University, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Fluoroquinolone (FQ) antibiotics have been shown to reduce mortality and the number of febrile episodes when used as prophylaxis during neutropenia. Prior studies suggest that prophylaxis may result in increasing rates of FQ resistance. Fluoroquinolone non-susceptibility trends in Escherichia coli i...