Genetics of chromosomally mediated intermediate resistance to ceftriaxone and cefixime in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3744-3751

  Zhao, Shuqing ^a,d   Duncan, Margaret ^a   Tomberg, Joshua ^a   Davies, Christopher ^b   Unemo, Magnus ^c   Nicholas, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MTRR GENE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENA GENE; PENB GENE; PONA1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 70349135516     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00304-09     Document Type: Article

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