Investigation of an outbreak of ciprofloxacin-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae using a simplified opa-typing method

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 219-224

  Palmer, H M ^a   Leeming, J P ^a   Turner, A ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; OPA PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENE CLUSTER; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GONORRHEA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0035016495     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268801005209     Document Type: Article

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