Molecular characterization of quinolone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from Brazil

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4208-4212

  Uehara, Aline A ^a   Amorin, Efigênia L T ^b   Ferreira, Maria De Fátima ^b   Andrade, Claudia F ^c   Clementino, Maysa B M ^c   De Filippis, Ivano ^c   Neves, Felipe P G ^d   Pinto, Tatiana De C A ^a   Teixeira, Lúcia M ^a   Giambiagi deMarval, Marcia ^a   Fracalanzza, Sérgio E L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Laboratorio Sergio Franco   (Brazil)

^c Oswaldo Cruz Foundation   (Brazil)

^d FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; GLYCINE; PHENYLALANINE; QUINOLONE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SERINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GONORRHEA; GYRA GENE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARC GENE; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA GYRASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; QUINOLONES;

EID: 82455201153     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01175-11     Document Type: Article

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