Antimicrobial susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from symptomatic men attending the Nanjing sexually transmitted diseases clinic (2011-2012): Genetic characteristics of isolates with reduced sensitivity to ceftriaxone

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Li, Sai ^a   Su, Xiao Hong ^a   Le, Wen Jing ^a   Jiang, Fa Xing ^b   Wang, Bao Xi ^a   Rice, Peter A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY   (China)

^b ANHUI PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Ceftriaxone; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Resistance determinants; Resistance plasmids

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BETA LACTAMASE GENE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MTRR GENE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PENA GENE; PILQ GENE; PLASMID; PONA GENE; PORB1B GENE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TETM GENE; ADULT; AGED; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GONORRHEA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CEFTRIAXONE; CHINA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 84964315850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-014-0622-0     Document Type: Article

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