Chloroquine Selects for Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Guyana

Chloroquine Selects for Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Guyana

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7 January 2006

Ross Davidson Ross Davidson, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia The use of the antimalarial chloroquine could provide the selective pressure for E.coli to develop fluoroqu

Ross Davidson

Ross Davidson

Ross Davidson, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova ScotiaThe use of the antimalarial chloroquine could provide the selective pressure for E.coli to develop fluoroquinolone resistance – that’s according to a study presented byRoss Davidsonat ICAAC. He investigated this by looking at remote community from Guyana, who had access to chloroquine but not fluoroquinolones, and he began by telling Audio Medica about the link between the two.

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