High-level azithromycin resistance occurs in Neisseria gonorrhoeae as a result of a single point mutation in the 23S rRNA genes

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3812-3816

  Chisholm, Stephanie A ^a   Dave, Jayshree ^b   Ison, Catherine A ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL RNA; ERYTHROMYCIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; RNA 23S;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S;

EID: 77956120161     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00309-10     Document Type: Article

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