Molecular analysis of tetracycline-resistant gonococci: Rapid detection of resistant genotypes using a real-time PCR assay

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 286, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-23

  Starnino, Stefania ^a   Neri, Arianna ^a   Stefanelli, Paola ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Real time PCR; Resistance genes; Tetracycline resistance

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE;

AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSILOMETER TEST; GENOTYPE; MTRR GENE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENB GENE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RPSJ GENE; TETM GENE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 47849133232     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01244.x     Document Type: Article

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