Evaluation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis, N. gonorrhoeae multiantigen sequence typing, and full-length porB gene sequence analysis for molecular epidemiological typing

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 180-183

  Heymans, Raymond ^a   Golparian, Daniel ^b   Bruisten, Sylvia M ^a,c   Schouls, Leo M ^d   Unemo, Magnus ^b  

^a Health Service Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; GONORRHEA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIANTIGEN SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PORB GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PORINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 84555188012     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05386-11     Document Type: Article

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