TY - JOUR AU - Ho, Pak Leung AU - Yam, Wing Cheong AU - Cheung, Terence K.M. AU - Ng, Wilson W.S. AU - Que, Tak Lun AU - Tsang, Dominic N.C. AU - Ng, Tak Keung AU - Seto, Wing Hong T1 - Fluoroquinolone Resistance among Streptococcus pneumoniae in Hong Kong Linked to the Spanish 23F Clone T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2001 VL - 7 IS - 5 SP - 906 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Serotypes 6A/B, 19F, and 23F accounted for 73% of 140 mucosal isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae from Hong Kong. In pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis, a group of related patterns was shared by 14 of 15 ciprofloxacin-resistant and 12 of 16 ciprofloxacin-susceptible isolates. These strains exhibited capsular switching and were highly similar to the Spanish 23F clone. KW - Streptococcus pneumoniae KW - drug resistance, microbial KW - anti-infective agents, fluoroquinolone KW - bacterial vaccine KW - pulsed-field gel electrophoresis KW - Hong Kong DO - 10.3201/eid0705.010526 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/5/01-0526_article ER - End of Reference