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Recent studies reported the emergence of quinolone low-susceptible Haemophilus influenzae ST422 isolates harbouring two relevant mutations, although ST422 isolates harbouring one mutation were never identified.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>To investigate if GyrA and ParC from quinolone low-susceptible isolates can be transferred horizontally and simultaneously to susceptible isolates.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Genomic DNA was extracted from an H. influenzae isolate harbouring amino acid substitutions in both gyrA and parC and mixed with clinical isolates. The emergence of resistant isolates was compared, and WGS analysis was performed.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>By adding the genomic DNA harbouring both mutated gyrA and parC, resistant bacteria exhibiting recombination at gyrA only or both gyrA and parC loci were obtained on nalidixic acid and pipemidic acid plates, and the frequency was found to increase with the amount of DNA. Recombination events in gyrA only and in both gyrA and parC occurred with at least 1 and 1\u2013100\u2005ng of DNA, respectively. The genome sequence of a representative strain showed recombination events throughout the genome. The MIC of quinolone for the resulting strains was found to be similar to that of the donor. Although the recombination efficacy was different among the various strains, all strains used in this study obtained multiple genes simultaneously.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>These findings indicate that H. influenzae can simultaneously obtain more than two mutated genes. 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