Analysis of emergence of quinolone-resistant gonococci in greece by combined use of neisseria gonorrhoeae multiantigen sequence typing and multilocus sequence typing

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1196-1201

  Mavroidi, Angeliki ^a,c   Tzelepi, Eva ^b   Siatravani, Eirini ^b   Godoy, Daniel ^a   Miriagou, Vivi ^b   Spratt, Brian G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GREECE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIANTIGEN SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; GONORRHEA; GREECE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; QUINOLONES;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 79953837869     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02233-10     Document Type: Article

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