Rapid detection of the mosaic structure of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae penA gene, which is associated with decreased susceptibilities to oral cephalosporins

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1804-1810

  Ochiai, Susumu ^a,b   Ishiko, Hiroaki ^a   Yasuda, Mitsuru ^b   Deguchi, Takashi ^b  

^a LSI MEDIENCE CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFDINIR; CEFIXIME; CEFOZOPRAN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; PENA PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOSAICISM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CEPHALOSPORINS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

NEISSERIA CINEREA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA PERFLAVA;

EID: 43249118457     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01800-07     Document Type: Article

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