Neisseria gonorrhoeae multi-antigen sequence typing (NG-MAST) of ciprofloxacin resistant isolates of Pretoria, South Africa

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 686-687

  De Jongh, M ^a   Dangor, Y ^a   Ison, C A ^b   Hoosen, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN;

AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISK DIFFUSION; GENOTYPE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE MULTIANTIGEN SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; URETHRITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; URETHRITIS;

EID: 43549121945     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2007.052191     Document Type: Article

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