title: Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance in isolates obtained in german intensive care units.
abstract: Screening of 703 isolates of Enterobacteriaceae, obtained from 34 German intensive care units (ICUs), revealed qnr-positive, integron-containing isolates of Enterobacter sp. and Citrobacter freundii from four patients in 2 German ICUs. This is one of the first reports of qnr-positive strains obtained from patients in Europe.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Environmental Medicine and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Freiburg, Hugstetter Str. 55, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany. djonas@IUK3.UKL.uni-Freiburg.de
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jonas
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Biehler
authors.forename: Doris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hartung
authors.forename: Bettina
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Spitzmüller
authors.forename: Franz D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Daschner
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics*; D016971:Citrobacter freundii / Q000187:drug effects; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D004754:Enterobacter / Q000187:drug effects; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D032023:Integrons / Q000235:genetics; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics*; D015363:Quinolones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D015363:Quinolones