Mutations in the gyrA and parC genes of quinolone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates in India

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 549-553

  Kulkarni, Sangeeta ^a   Bala, Manju ^b   Sane, Suvarna ^a   Pandey, Sudhanshu ^a   Bhattacharya, Jayanta ^a   Risbud, Arun ^a  

^a NATIONAL AIDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

gyra; Mutations; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; parc; Quinolone resistance

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; ENOXACIN; GATIFLOXACIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; LOMEFLOXACIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN PARC; QUINOLONE; SERINE; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSILOMETER TEST; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GYRA GENE; INDIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PARC GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA GYRASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; QUINOLONES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84869491544     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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