Emergence of quinolone-resistant Bordetella pertussis in Japan.

ABSTRACT: Six Bordetella pertussis strains isolated from children in Japan from 2004 to 2006 showed high-level resistance to nalidixic acid (NAL; MIC, >256 microg/ml) and decreased susceptibilities to fluoroquinolones. All of the NAL-resistant strains had the same D87G mutation in gyrA.

SUBMITTER: Ohtsuka M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2704657 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature