Incidence of various gyrA mutants in 451 Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated in Japan and their susceptibilities to 10 fluoroquinolones.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on July 01, 1995

Authors

T Takenouchi1, C Ishii, M Sugawara, Y Tokue, S Ohya

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1: Biological Research Laboratories, Sankyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.

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