Open AccessHigh-Frequency of Quinolone-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Austria With a Common Pattern of Triple Mutations in GyrA and ParC Genes
Author(s) -
Aumaid Uthman,
Claudia Heller-Vitouch,
Angelika Stary,
Anette Bilina,
Angelika Kuchinka-Koch,
J Söltz-Szöts,
Erwin Tschachler
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/01.olq.0000140019.18390.28
Subject(s) - neisseria gonorrhoeae , medicine , quinolone , neisseria , microbiology and biotechnology , neisseriaceae , virology , gene , genetics , antibiotics , bacteria , biology
Quinolones have a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity and are widely used for the treatment of uncomplicated Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections. A dramatic increase in the number of reported N. gonorrhoeae infections as well as quinolone-resistant isolates in Vienna prompted us to investigate the pattern of mutations in these isolates.