Chloroquine Selects for Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Guyana

ross davidson Chloroquine Selects for Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Guyana
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 fluoroquinolone resistance – that’s according to a study presented by Ross Davidson at 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.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Click here for all the interviews from ICAAC 2005

This entry was posted in ICAAC 2005 and tagged , . Bookmark the permalink. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

Post a Comment

Your email is never published nor shared. Required fields are marked *

*
*

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>