gyrA mutations associated with quinolone resistance in Bacteroides fragilis group strains.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on July 01, 2001

Authors

H Oh1, N El Amin, T Davies, P C Appelbaum, C Edlund

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1: Department of Microbiology, Pathology and Immunology, Division of Clinical Bacteriology, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge University Hospital, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden.

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