Detection of quinolone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in urogenital specimens with the use of real-time polymerase chain reaction

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-71

  Siedner, Mark J ^a   Pandori, Mark ^b   Leon, Segundo R ^c   Barry, Pennan M ^b,d   Espinosa, Benjamin J ^e   Hall, Eric R ^e   Coates, Thomas J ^f   Klausner, Jeffrey D ^b,g,h  

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

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e California   (Peru)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUINOLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URINALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; PERU; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URBAN POPULATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PERU; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUINOLONES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 42949162641     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2007.007206     Document Type: Letter

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