Antimicrobial resistance and molecular characteristics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from men who have sex with men
Author(s) -
Joana Lourenço Messias Calado,
Rita Castro,
Ângela Celis de Almeida Lopes,
Maria José Campos,
Miguel Rocha,
Filomena Pereira
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2018.10.030
Subject(s) - mtrr , neisseria gonorrhoeae , spectinomycin , etest , cefixime , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , population , virology , gonorrhea , tetracycline , genetics , ceftriaxone , gene , medicine , genotype , antibiotics , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase , environmental health
To analyze the susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates to penicillin (Pen), cefixime (Cfm), ceftriaxone (Cro), tetracycline (Tet), ciprofloxacin (Cip), azithromycin (Azm), and spectinomycin (Spt), and to verify the presence of mutations in resistance genes.
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