Detection of a novel tet M determinant in tetracycline-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae from Uruguay, 1996-1999

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 792-797

  Márquez, Carolina M ^a   Dillon, Jo Anne R ^b   Rodriguez, Veronica ^a   Borthagaray, Graciela ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; URUGUAY;

EID: 0036896652     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200212000-00010     Document Type: Article

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