Transmission and selection of macrolide resistant mycoplasma genitalium infections detected by rapid high resolution melt analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Twin, Jimmy ^a,b   Jensen, Jorgen S ^c   Bradshaw, Catriona S ^d,e,f   Garland, Suzanne M ^a,b,g,h   Fairley, Christopher K ^d,f   Min, Lim Yi ^d   Tabrizi, Sepehr N ^a,b,g  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^d ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^h ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; MOXIFLOXACIN; RNA 23S; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM INFECTION; MYCOPLASMOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TREATMENT FAILURE; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; AZITHROMYCIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84860000290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035593     Document Type: Article

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