Fluoroquinolone resistance of Staphylococcus epidermidis isolated from healthy conjunctiva and analysis of their mutations in quinolone-resistance determining region.
Jung Youb KangWoonhyoung LeeGwang Myeong NohBo Hyun JeongIndal ParkSang Joon LeePublished in: Antimicrobial resistance and infection control (2020)
The quinolone resistance rate of S. epidermidis increased in comparison with previous studies, and resistant S. epidermidis showed mostly QRDR mutations, which were mainly found in gyrA and parC, and showed strong resistance when mutated in both genes.