Neisseria gonorrhoeae population in Arkhangelsk, Russia: Phenotypic and genotypic heterogeneity

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 873-878

  Unemo, Magnus ^a   Vorobieva, V ^b   Firsova, N ^c   Ababkova, T ^c   Leniv, I ^c   Haldorsen, B C ^d   Fredlund, H ^a   Skogen, V ^d  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c Arkhangelsk Regional Clinical Dermatologic and Venereologic Dispensary   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; NG MAST; porB sequencing; Russia; Serovar determination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; KANAMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN PORB; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEROTYPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 34547827986     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01764.x     Document Type: Article

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