Haemophilus ducreyi cutaneous ulcer strains are nearly identical to class I genital ulcer strains

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Gangaiah, Dharanesh ^a   Webb, Kristen M ^b   Humphreys, Tricia L ^b   Fortney, Kate R ^a   Toh, Evelyn ^a   Tai, Albert ^c   Katz, Samantha S ^d   Pillay, Allan ^d   Chen, Cheng Yen ^d   Roberts, Sally A ^e   Munson, Robert S ^f   Spinola, Stanley M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^f THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; CONTIG; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENOMIC DNA; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENITAL ULCER; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROBIAL GENOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN ULCER; ULCUS MOLLE; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; YAWS;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHANCROID; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; SKIN ULCER; YAWS;

EID: 84938788105     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003918     Document Type: Article

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