New mutation in 23S rRNA gene associated with high level of azithromycin resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1652-1653

  Galarza, Patricia G ^a   Abad, Raquel ^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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; PEPTIDYLTRANSFERASE;

GENE MUTATION; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARGENTINA; AZITHROMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S;

EID: 77950160189     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01506-09     Document Type: Letter

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