Identification of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates with a recombinant porA gene in Scotland, United Kingdom, 2010 to 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Eastick, K ^a   Winter, A ^b   Jamdar, S ^c  

^a Scottish Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections Reference Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^b Sandyford Sexual Health Services   (United Kingdom)

^c FORTH VALLEY ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PORIN A; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE SEQUENCE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOGENE; RECOMBINANT GENE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84857980118     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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