Molecular epidemiology of Neisseria gonorrhoeae- identification of the first presumed Swedish transmission chain of an azithromycin-resistant strain

APMIS

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-71

  Lundbäck, David ^a   Fredlund, Hans ^a   Berglund, Torsten ^b,c   Wretlind, Bengt ^d   Unemo, Magnus ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Azithromycin resistance; Molecular epidemiology; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Transmission chain

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHYLOGENY; PORINS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33644818818     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2006.apm_332.x     Document Type: Article

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