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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, February 2005, p. 773-775, Vol. 49, No. 2
0066-4804/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.49.2.773-775.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Plasmid-Mediated Quinolone Resistance in Isolates Obtained in German Intensive Care Units

Daniel Jonas,* Klaus Biehler, Doris Hartung, Bettina Spitzmüller, and Franz D. Daschner

Institute of Environmental Medicine and Hospital Epidemiology, Freiburg University Hospital, Freiburg, Germany

Received 21 June 2004/ Returned for modification 28 July 2004/ Accepted 11 October 2004

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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institute of Environmental Medicine and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Freiburg, Hugstetter Str. 55, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany. Phone: 49 761 270 5445. Fax: 49 761 270 5485. E-mail: djonas{at}IUK3.UKL.uni-Freiburg.de.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, February 2005, p. 773-775, Vol. 49, No. 2
0066-4804/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.49.2.773-775.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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