title: Quinolone resistance-determining region mutations and the plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance gene qnrS played important roles in decreased susceptibility to fluoroquinolones among Shigella isolates in southeast China between 1998 and 2013.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Laboratory, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310021, China. Electronic address: pxygym@126.com.
authors.forename: Xiao-Ying
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Pu
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Laboratory, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310021, China.
authors.forename: Jing-Cao
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Laboratory, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310021, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Laboratory, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310021, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Laboratory, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310021, China.
authors.forename: Hao-Qiu
authors.initials: HQ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Social Medicine & Family Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Ya-Ming
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Gu
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002681:China; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000382:microbiology*; D024841:Fluoroquinolones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009154:Mutation; D010957:Plasmids; D012760:Shigella / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D024841:Fluoroquinolones