Carbapenem and Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Multidrug Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from Al-Zahra Hospital, Isfahan, Iran

• Main Authors: Hossein Fazeli (Author), Hamid Solgi (Author), Seyed Asghar Havaei (Author), Dariush Shokri (Author), Masoumeh Norouzi Barogh (Author), Fateme Zahra Zamani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pasteur Institute of Iran, 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: The major resistance mechanisms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to fluoroquinolones and carbapenems are associated with the mutations in the genes gyrA and oprD encoding type II topoisomerases (DNA gyrase) and OprD porin, respectively. Method: In this cross-sectional study, sixty five clinic...