[The antibacterial activity of fluoroquinolones against gram-negative bacteria isolated from Gifu Prefecture (2005)].

We investigated the susceptibility to 6 fluoroquinolones against 433 strains of Gram-negative bacteria isolated from 6 medical facilities in Gifu prefecture between January and September in 2005, determined by the agar dilution methods in according with the Japan Society of Chemotherapy. We also investigated the correlation between the degree of resistance to fluoroquinolones and the amino acid substitutions in the quinolone resistance-determining region (QRDR). The tested clinical isolates were as follows, Salmonella spp.

[Surveillance on Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated in Gifu prefecture (2004)].

We analyzed Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in Gifu prefecture between September and October 2004. We conducted antimicrobial susceptibility test for 266 strains isolated from 8 medical institutes and 1 clinical laboratory, based on broth microdilution method. The MIC50 and MIC90 of piperacillin, amikacin, imipenem, and ciprofloxacin were 4 and 64, 4 and 8, 1 and 16, 0.

[Sensitivity surveillance of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates for several antibiotics in Gifu prefecture (2004)].

We analyzed Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Gifu prefecture between November 2004 and December 2004. We analyzed isolates of 160 strains from 8 medical facilities to determine antibiotic susceptibility, genotype of penicillin-binding protein (PBP) genes and macrolide resistant genes, and the serotypes of penicillin-resistant S. pneumoniae (PRSP).

[Surveillance based on molecular epidemiology for Haemophilus influenzae Isolates in Gifu Prefecture].

We analyzed Haemophilus influenzae isolates in Gifu prefecture between May 2003 and August 2003. We conducted molecular-level epidemiological studies for 313 strains using PCR to identify resistant genes in H. influenzae.