Presence of a mutation in ponA1 of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in numerous clinical samples resistant to various β-lactams and other, structurally unrelated, antimicrobials

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 226-230

  Shigemura, Katsumi ^a   Shirakawa, Toshiro ^b   Massi, Nasrum ^b   Tanaka, Kazushi ^a   Arakawa, Soichi ^a   Gotoh, Akinobu ^b   Fujisawa, Masato ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Neisseria gonorrhoea; Penicillin resistance; ponA

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFIXIME; CEFODIZIME; CEFTRIAXONE; FLOMOXEF; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE PONA1; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; URETHRITIS;

EID: 27644449558     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-005-0403-1     Document Type: Article

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