Macrolide treatment failure in a case of secondary syphilis: A novel A2059G mutation in the 23S rRNA gene of Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 832-836

  Matějková, Petra ^a   Flasarová, Magdalena ^a   Zákoucká, Hana ^b   Bořek, Milan ^b   Křemenová, Soňa ^c   Arenberger, Petr ^c   Woznicová, Vladana ^a   Weinstock, George M ^d   Šmajs, David ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; RNA 23S; SPIRAMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM PALLIDUM; YAWS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CZECH REPUBLIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MACROLIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PREVALENCE; RABBITS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPIRAMYCIN; SYPHILIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66449134237     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.007542-0     Document Type: Article

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