Isolation of ciprofloxacin-resistant Legionella pneumophila in a patient with severe pneumonia

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2014 Oct;69(10):2869-71. doi: 10.1093/jac/dku196. Epub 2014 Jun 4.

Authors

Jacob P Bruin¹, Tetyana Koshkolda², Ed P F IJzerman³, Christian Lück², Bram M W Diederen³, Jeroen W Den Boer³, Johan W Mouton⁴

Affiliations

¹ Regional Laboratory of Public Health, Haarlem, 2035 RC, The Netherlands [email protected].
² Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, TU Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
³ Regional Laboratory of Public Health, Haarlem, 2035 RC, The Netherlands.
⁴ Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, 6525 HP, The Netherlands.

PMID: 24898020
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dku196

No abstract available

Keywords: L. pneumophila; Legionnaires' disease; susceptibility.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Bacterial Proteins / genetics
Ciprofloxacin / pharmacology*
DNA Gyrase / genetics
Drug Resistance, Bacterial* / genetics
Humans
Legionella pneumophila / drug effects*
Legionella pneumophila / genetics
Legionella pneumophila / isolation & purification
Legionnaires' Disease / microbiology*
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Pneumonia / microbiology*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacterial Proteins
Ciprofloxacin
DNA Gyrase