Phenotypic and genotypic analyses of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates that express frequently recovered porB PIA variable region types suggest that certain P1a porin sequences confer a selective advantage for urogenital tract infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3700-3709

  Garvin, Lotisha E ^a   Bash, Margaret C ^a,b   Keys, Christine ^c   Warner, Douglas M ^a,h   Ram, Sanjay ^d   Shafer, William M ^e,f   Jerse, Ann E ^a,g  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f VA Medical Research Service   (United States)

^g UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^h TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B BINDING PROTEIN; LACTOFERRIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PIA PROTEIN; PORIN B; BACTERIAL DNA; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; MOLECULAR MOTOR; PORIN; PORIN PROTEINS, NEISSERIA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; SERUM BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; URBAN POPULATION; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BALTIMORE; BETA-LACTAMASES; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPLEMENT C4B-BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; GENOTYPE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; LACTOFERRIN; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PORINS; PROTEIN BINDING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 48849109728     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00265-08     Document Type: Article

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