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Molecular epidemiology of tetM genes in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
Sexually transmitted infections - 1 Feb 1999
Turner A, Gough K R, Leeming J P
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To examine the epidemiology of the tetM gene in Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains with high level resistance to tetracycline (TRNG) using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay. METHODS: A single tube PCR was developed which distinguishes between the American and Dutch variants of the tetM gene. Between 1988 and 1995, 518 strains of TRNG (tetracycline MIC > 8.mg/l) were referred to the Gonococcus...
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