Detection of azithromycin resistance in Treponema pallidum by real-time PCR

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3425-3430

  Pandori, Mark W ^a   Gordones, Charmie ^b   Castro, Lina ^a   Engelman, Joseph ^a   Siedner, Mark ^c   Lukehart, Sheila ^b   Klausner, Jeffrey ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 35948953129     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00340-07     Document Type: Article

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