Global transmission of prolyliminopeptidase-negative Neisseria gonorrhoeas strains: Implications for changes in diagnostic strategies

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-51

  Unemo, M ^a   Palmer, H M ^b   Blackmore, T ^c   Herrera, G ^c   Fredlund, H ^a   Limnios, A ^d   Nguyen, N ^d   Tapsall, J ^d  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c CAPITAL AND COAST DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^d PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; PEPTIDASE; PROLYLIMINOPEPTIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING;

AMINOPEPTIDASES; AUSTRALIA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEW ZEALAND; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SCOTLAND; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33847165252     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2006.021733     Document Type: Article

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