TY - JOUR AU - Ho, Pak Leung AU - Chow, Kin Hung AU - Mak, Gannon C. AU - Tsang, Kenneth W. AU - Lau, Yu Lung AU - Ho, Pak-Leung AU - Lai, Eileen L. AU - Chiu, Susan S. T1 - Decreased Levofloxacin Susceptibility in Haemophilus influenzae in Children, Hong Kong T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2004 VL - 10 IS - 11 SP - 1960 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Among 563 strains of Haemophilus influenzae from young children in Hong Kong, 5 (0.9%) had decreased susceptibility to quinolones. The five strains had a Ser-84-Lys or Asp-88-Asn substitution in GyrA. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis showed that the isolates are genetically diverse. KW - Haemophilus influenza KW - drug resistance KW - microbial KW - anti‑infective agents KW - fluoroquinolone KW - pulsed-field gel electrophoresis KW - dispatch KW - Hong Kong DO - 10.3201/eid1011.040055 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/11/04-0055_article ER - End of Reference