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Tetracycline resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Russia, 2015-2017.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2018
Shaskolskiy Boris, Dementieva Ekaterina, Leinsoo Arvo, Petrova Natalia, Chestkov Alexander, Kubanov Alexey, Deryabin Dmitry, Gryadunov Dmitry
Abstract excerpt
The objective of this study was to estimate the tetracycline resistance level in the modern population of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the Russian Federation, where this drug was removed from the treatment regimen for gonococcal infections in 2003. A total of 401 isolates collected between 2015 and 2017 were analyzed for genetic markers (chromosomal porB, rpsJ and mtrR gene mutations and the plasmid-located tetM...
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