Macrolide resistance testing and molecular subtyping of Treponema pallidum strains from southern Africa

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 470-474

  Müller, Etienne E ^a   Paz Bailey, Gabriela ^b   Lewis, David A ^a,c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^b Valle University of Guatemala   (Guatemala)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROLIDE; RNA 23S;

AFRICA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SCREENING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENITAL ULCER; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LESOTHO; MACROLIDES; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR TYPING; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SOUTH AFRICA; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 84869182165     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050322     Document Type: Article

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