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Antimicrobial resistance markers as a monitoring index of gonorrhoea in Thailand.
Acta microbiologica et immunologica Hungarica - 1 Jun 2012
Lawung Ratana, Cherdtrakulkiat Rungrot, Charoenwatanachokchai Angkana, Nabu Sunanta, Lokpichart Somchai, Prachayasittikul Virapong
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Multiplex PCR was applied to explore the antimicrobial-resistance profiles of 145 gonococci isolated from Bangrak Hospital, Thailand in 2007. All isolates were clearly identified for the plasmid-mediated resistant types of penicillin (Asia, Africa and Toronto) and tetracycline (American and Dutch). This method can also predict the decreased susceptibility to ciprofloxacin by detection of Ser-91 mutation....
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