Prediction of decreased susceptibility to penicillin of Neisseria meningitidis strains by real-time PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 4666-4670

  Stefanelli, Paola ^a   Carattoli, Alessandra ^a   Neri, Arianna ^a   Fazio, Cecilia ^a   Mastrantonio, Paola ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CODON; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HYBRIDIZATION; MELTING POINT; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENA GENE; PENI GENE; PENS GENE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0141923814     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4666-4670.2003     Document Type: Article

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