First Neisseria gonorrhoeae genotyping analysis in France: Identification of a strain cluster with reduced susceptibility to ceftriaxone

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3540-3545

  Monfort, Laura ^a   Caro, Valérie ^b   Devaux, Zaelle ^a   Delannoy, Anne Sophie ^b   Brisse, Sylvain ^b   Sednaoui, Patrice ^a  

^a INSTITUT ALFRED FOURNIER   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SEROTYPING; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CEFTRIAXONE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 70449632743     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01236-09     Document Type: Article

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