Emergence of extensive fluoroquinolone resistance in Campylobacter gastroenteritis in Liverpool, UK
Authors:
Stockdale AJ, Beeching NJ, Anson J, Beadsworth MB
Abstract:
Letter to the Editor regarding a study by Liao et al. reporting on patients with Campylobacter bacteraemia from a national referral hospital, where mortality was 12.5% at 30 days and associated with underlying chronic liver or renal disease or malignancy.
The original study refers to:
Chun-Hsing Liao, Chia-Yunn Chuang, Yu-Tsung Huang, Ping-Ing Lee, Po-Ren Hsueh Bacteremia caused by antimicrobial resistant Campylobacter species at a medical center in Taiwan, 1998–2008 Journal of Infection, Volume 65, Issue 5, November 2012, Pages 392-399
Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0163445312001892
Journal:
Journal of Infection
PMID:
26711192
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