Multicentre surveillance of prevalence of the 23S rRNA A2058G and A2059G point mutations and molecular subtypes of Treponema pallidum in Taiwan, 2009-2013

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 802-807

  Wu, B R ^a   Yang, C J ^b   Tsai, M S ^b   Lee, K Y ^c   Lee, N Y ^d   Huang, W C ^e   Wu, H ^f   Lee, C H ^e   Chen, T C ^g,h   Ko, W C ^d   Lin, H H ⁱ   Lu, P L ^g   Chen, Y H ^g   Liu, W C ^c   Yang, S P ^c   Wu, P Y ^c   Su, Y C ^c   Hung, C C ^c,j,k   Chang, S Y ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^f Centres for Disease Control   (Taiwan)

^g KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^h KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

ⁱ I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^j CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^k CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Azithromycin; Genotyping; Macrolides; Molecular epidemiology; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; MACROLIDE; RNA 23S; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOME DNA;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYPHILIS; TAIWAN; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY;

TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MACROLIDES; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SYPHILIS; TAIWAN; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 84906790525     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12529     Document Type: Article

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