Decreased azithromycin susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae due to mtrR mutations

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2468-2472

  Zarantonelli, Leticia ^a   Borthagaray, Graciela ^a   Lee, Eun Hee ^b,c   Shafer, William M ^b,c  

^a Chemistry School   (Uruguay)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRITON X 100;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CROSS RESISTANCE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GONOCOCCAL URETHRITIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032842433     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.10.2468     Document Type: Article

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