Subtyping of high-level plasmid-mediated tetracycline resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated in Scotland between 1992 and 1998

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 646-651

  Beattie, T ^a   Moyes, A ^a   Patrizio, C ^a   Young, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Gonorrhoea; Plasmids; Tetracycline

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; PENICILLINASE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NETHERLANDS; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCOTLAND; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 0032868349     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462991913204     Document Type: Article

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