Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in parts of Italy: Detection of a multiresistant cluster circulating in a heterosexual network

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 949-954

  Starnino, S ^a   Suligoi, B ^a   Regine, V ^a   Bilek, N ^b   Stefanelli, Paola ^a   Dal Conte, I ^a   Fianchino, B ^a   Delmonte, S ^a   Robbiano, F ^a   D'antuono, A ^a   Mirone, E ^a   Matteelli, A ^a   De Francesco, M A ^a   Cusini, M ^a   Scioccati, L ^a   Di Carlo, A ^a   Prignano, G ^a   Salfa, M C ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Cluster; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; NG MAST; Serovar

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 52249092015     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02071.x     Document Type: Article

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