Fluoroquinolone resistance in Salmonella enterica serotype Choleraesuis, Taiwan, 2000-2003

Emerging Infectious Diseases, Sept, 2004 by Cheng-Hsun Chiu, Tsu-Lan Wu, Lin-Hui Su, Jien-Wei Liu, Chishih Chu

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Dr. Chiu is associate professor at the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Children's Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taiwan. His research interests include epidemiology, pathogenesis, mid mechanism of antimicrobial resistance of nontyphoid Salmonella.

Cheng-Hsun Chiu, * Tsu-Lan Wu, ([dagger]) Lin-Hui Su, ([dagger]) Jien-Wei Liu, ([double dagger]) and Chishih Chu *

* Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Yaoyuan, Taiwan; ([dagger]) Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan; and ([double dagger]) Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Address for correspondence: C.-H. Chiu, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, 5 Fu-Hsin Street, Kweishan 333, Taoyuan, Taiwan; fax: 886-3-3288957; email: chchiu@adm.cgmh.org.tw

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