Real-time PCR genotyping of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates using 14 informative single nucleotide polymorphisms on gonococcal housekeeping genes

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 322-328

  Whiley, David M ^a,b   Goire, Namraj ^a,b   Rahimi, Frashta ^a,b   Lahra, Monica M ^c   Limnios, Athena E ^c   Nissen, Michael D ^a,b,d   Sloots, Theo P ^a,b,d  

^a Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Central Queensland Pathology Laboratory   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Gonorrhoea; Resistance; Typing

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84872383780     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks381     Document Type: Article

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