Emergence of high level azithromycin-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae strain isolated in Argentina

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 787-788

  Galarza, Patricia G ^a   Alcalá, Belén ^b   Salcedo, Celia ^b   Canigia, Liliana Fernández ^c   Buscemi, Luis ^d   Pagano, Irene ^a   Oviedo, Claudia ^a   Vázquez, Julio A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL ALEMÁN   (Argentina)

^d HOSPITAL F J MUÑIZ   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Azithromycine resistance; Gonococci; MtrR

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE MUTATION; MEF GENE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MTRR GENE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARGENTINA; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 73949113178     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181b61bb1     Document Type: Article

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