Emergence and spread of Neisseria gonorrhoeae clinical isolates harboring mosaic-like structure of penicillin-binding protein 2 in central Japan

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 137-143

  Ito, Masayasu ^a   Deguchi, Takashi ^a   Mizutani, Koh Suke ^a   Yasuda, Mitsuru ^a   Yokoi, Shigeaki ^a   Ito, Shin Ichi ^a   Takahashi, Yoshito ^a   Ishihara, Satoshi ^a   Kawamura, Yoshiaki ^a   Ezaki, Takayuki ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFDINIR; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2; PENICILLIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; JAPAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA CINEREA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA PERFLAVA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PBP 2 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFIXIME; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 19944429215     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.1.137-143.2005     Document Type: Article

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