Article
Analysis of quinolone resistance mechanisms in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates in vitro.
Sexually transmitted infections - 1 Feb 1998
Tanaka M, Sakuma S, Takahashi K, Nagahuzi T, Saika T, Kobayashi I, Kumazawa J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Gonococcal fluoroquinolone resistance is now a significant problem in Japan. We generated gonococcal mutants resistant to norfloxacin in vitro from norfloxacin sensitive isolates and analysed the contribution of three known mechanisms of quinolone resistance in Neisseri...
Topics
- Anti-Infective Agents
- DNA Gyrase
- DNA Topoisomerase IV
- DNA Topoisomerases, Type II
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Genes, Bacterial
- Humans
- Male
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Mutation
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae
- Norfloxacin
