Study of five penicillinase producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated in Italy

New Microbiologica

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 223-229

  Sabia, Carla ^a   Bondi, Moreno ^a   Messi, Patrizia ^a   De Niederhäusern, Simona ^a   Manicardi, Giuliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conjugation; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Plasmids; PPNG

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PENICILLINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GONORRHEA; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PLASMID; RESTRICTION MAPPING; URETHRA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINASE; PLASMIDS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; URETHRA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 25444523744     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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