A novel real-time duplex PCR assay for detecting penA and ponA genotypes in Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Comparison with phenotypes determined by the E-test

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2294-2296

  Vernel Pauillac, Frédérique ^a   Merien, Fabrice ^a  

^a Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle Caledonie Noumea   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; COLISTIN; PENICILLIN G; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EVALUATION; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GONORRHEA; HYBRIDIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MTRB GENE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENA GENE; PENB GENE; PENC GENE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PONA GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PENICILLINS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 33845529011     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2006.075309     Document Type: Article

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