High Prevalence of Mutations in Quinolone-resistance-determining Regions and mtrR Loci in Polyclonal Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolates at a Tertiary Hospital in Southern Taiwan

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 120-127

  Chen, Po Lin ^a,b   Lee, Hsin Chun ^a,b   Yan, Jing Jou ^a,b   Hsieh, Yu Hsiang ^d   Lee, Nan Yao ^a,b   Ko, Nai Ying ^a,b   Lin, Chia Wei ^a   Chang, Chia Ming ^a,b   Wu, Chi Jung ^a,b   Lee, Ching Chi ^a,b   Ko, Wen Chien ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotic resistance; azithromycin; ciprofloxacin; fluoroquinolones; Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; ERYTHROMYCIN; GLYCINE; PENICILLIN G; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN PARC; QUINOLONE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; SERINE; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONE; COMMUNITY; DRUG CHOICE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MUTATION RATE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROMOTER REGION; SEROTYPE; TAIWAN; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; QUINOLONES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TAIWAN;

EID: 77649228907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09296646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(10)60032-0     Document Type: Article

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