Quinolone resistance mutations in the DNA gyrase gyrA and gyrB genes of Staphylococcus aureus.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on September 01, 1994

Authors

H Ito1, H Yoshida, M Bogaki-Shonai, T Niga, H Hattori, S Nakamura

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1: Bioscience Research Laboratories, Dainippon Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan.

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