Use of whole-genome sequencing data to analyze 23S rRNA-mediated azithromycin resistance

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 252-254

  Johnson, Steven R ^a   Grad, Yonatan ^b,c   Abrams, A Jeanine ^a   Pettus, Kevin ^a   Trees, David L ^a  

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

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

23S rRNA; Azithromycin; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Resistance

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; RNA 23S; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

23S RRNA GENE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE MUTATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; RIBOSOME; RNA ANALYSIS; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GENOME; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; POINT MUTATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE DOSAGE; GENOME; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POINT MUTATION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 85009253298     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2016.10.023     Document Type: Article

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