Characterization of a novel Neisseria gonorrhoeae penicillinase-producing plasmid isolated in Australia in 2012

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4984-4985

  Trembizki, Ella ^a,b   Buckley, Cameron ^a,b   Lawrence, Andrew ^c   Lahra, Monica ^d   Whiley, David ^a,b  

^a LADY CILENTO CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^d PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM; PENICILLINASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMS; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PENICILLINASE; PLASMIDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84905405829     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.02993-14     Document Type: Letter

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