Quinolone resistance in reisseria gonorrhoeae: Rapid genotyping of quinolone resistance-determining regions in gyrA and parC genes by melting curve analysis predicts susceptibility

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1264-1267

  Vernel Pauillac, Frédérique ^a   Hogan, Tiffany R ^b   Tapsall, John W ^b   Goarant, Cyrille ^a  

^a Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle Caledonie Noumea   (New Caledonia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; PROTEIN PARC; QUINOLONE; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; IN VITRO STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DNA GYRASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUINOLONES;

EID: 62949108441     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01104-08     Document Type: Article

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