Antimicrobial agent resistance

Managed Healthcare Executive;  June 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Accordingly, studies have mapped quinolone-resistance mutations to the gyrase genes (gyrA...bacteria to develop significant quinolone resistance against the newer agents. For example...resistance mutations are called the quinolone resistance-- determining region (QRDR). Specific...

Rising quinolone resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from New...

Indian Journal of Medical Research;  March 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......antibiotic susceptibility pattern and the incidence of quinolone resistance in 36 consecutive isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from...of quinolone in the cell is one of the mechanisms of quinolone resistance in N. gonorrhoeae isolated in Japan. Further investigations...

Gonorrhea found resistant to more antibiotics

Drug Topics;  October 2, 2000 ;     114 words ......patients or their sex partners whether they acquired the infection in Hawaii, the Pacific Islands, or Asia-places where quinolone resistance is high. If so, CDC recommends treating these individuals with cefixime or ceftriaxone. Those unable to tolerate these...

Widespread emergence of methicillin resistance in community-acquired...

Southern Medical Journal;  November 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......gel electrophoresis showed isolates related to USA 300, but methicillin-resistant strains had unusually high rates of quinolone resistance. Conclusions: A single strain of methicillin-resistant S aureus is responsible for the increase in skin infections in...

Community-acquired MRSA: a notable adversary.(Methicillin-resistant...

Southern Medical Journal;  November 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......mostly of a similar pulsed-field type (speculated by the authors to be USA 300) and more likely to have high rates of quinolone resistance (51%) compared with methicillin-susceptible strains (3%). In addition, 10 of 20 CA-MRSA isolates tested positive for...

The fluoroquinolones

Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  October 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......gyrA/gyrB) vary between species of bacteria, patterns of quinolone resistance will vary (Table 2). These patterns of topoisomerase...and these organisms have developed a higher level of quinolone resistance than would be seen with mutations for either target alone...

Letters to the Editor.(Letter to the Editor)

Journal of Environmental Health;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Molbak et al., 1999). The findings of Kidd, Rossignol, & Gamroth may be most helpful by supporting the evidence that quinolone-resistance continues to remain a relatively rare occurrence and has not yet permeated every phase of animal and dairy production...

Hawaiian Islands See Continued Rise In Quinolone-Resistant Gonorrhea.

OB GYN News;  September 15, 2000 ;     396 words ......last year in Alaska, Seattle, San Francisco, and San Diego, she told this newspaper. The cause of this rapid growth of quinolone resistance is undear, but experts suspect that resistant strains have been imported from countries in Asia and the Pacific islands...

Ciprofloxacin vs an Aminoglycoside in Combination With a [beta]-Lactam for...

Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......febrile neutropenic patients who have not received a quinolone for prevention of infections and in settings in which quinolone resistance is not common. Mayo Clin Proc. 2005;80(9):1146-1156 AGIHO-DGHO = Infectious Diseases Working Party of the German Society...

Fluoroquinolines: Past, present and future of a novel group of...

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education;  July 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......the mail it has come to light that ciprofloxacin is an important drug for the prevention and treatment of this disease. Quinolone resistance is also becoming an increasing problem due to the selective pressure from their extensive use. The newer quinolones have...

Arthritis Before Age 30 May Signal Disseminated Gonorrhea.

OB GYN News;  April 1, 2000 ;     640 words ......reaching 75% in some regions. Plasmid-mediated tetracycline resistance has been found in up to 25% of all East Coast cases; quinolone resistance is still rare but appears to be on the rise. Dr. Birnbaumer urged colleagues to bear in mind that N. gonorrhoeae and...

Arthritis Before Age 30 May Signal Gonorrhea.

Family Practice News;  February 15, 2000 ;     598 words ......reaching 75% in some regions. Plasmid-mediated tetracycline resistance has been found in up to 25% of all East Coast cases; quinolone resistance is still rare but appears to be on the rise. Dr. Birnbaumer urged colleages to bear in mind that N. gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia...

Nalidixic acid susceptibility test to screen ciprofloxacin resistance in...

Indian Journal of Medical Research;  February 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......failure to ciprofloxacin therapy in patients with enteric fever. Key words Nalidixic acid resistant strains (NARST) - quinolone resistance - Salmonella typhi Enteric fever continues to be a major public health problem in developing countries. With the emergence...

Quinolone-resistant typhoid fever

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences;  September 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......inappropriate dosage of the antibiotics. In our case, it is remotely possible that the patient might have developed secondary quinolone resistance due to use of ofloxacin prior to the culture report; but either ways, it is important that laboratories test face=+Italic...

Gonorrhea is resistant to another set of antibiotics

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 29, 1996 ;     405 words ......is estimated that one-third of all cases in the U.S. are resistant to at least one antibiotic. Intermediate levels of quinolone resistance have surfaced in at least a dozen states, including Georgia, which has 20,000 to 40,000 cases of gonorrhea a year. In...