Diversity of penA alterations and subtypes in Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains from Sydney, Australia, that are less susceptible to ceftriaxone

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3111-3116

  Whiley, David M ^a,b   Limnios, E Athena ^c   Ray, Sanghamitra ^c   Sloots, Theo P ^a,b,d   Tapsall, John W ^c  

^a Royal Children's Hospital and Health Service District   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2; PENICILLIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENOTYPE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; CEFTRIAXONE; GENOTYPE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 35948939272     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00306-07     Document Type: Article

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