Mutations in gyrA and parC in ciprofloxacin-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [4]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 803-804

  Karunakaran, Rina ^a   Sam, I Ching ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

DNA topoisomerases; Fluoroquinolones; N. gonorrhoeae; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYSTEINE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; GLYCINE; GUANINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; PROTEIN PARC; SERINE; THREONINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE MUTATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); LETTER; MALAYSIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NOTE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEPHALOSPORIN RESISTANCE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA GYRASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; MALAYSIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 34249989188     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkm016     Document Type: Letter

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