Epidemiology of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Gyrase A Genotype, Los Angeles, California, USA

We investigated the epidemiology of the mutant gyrase A gene, a reliable predictor of ciprofloxacin resistance, in Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections at UCLA Health in Los Angeles, California, USA, during November 1, 2015–August 31, 2016. Among 110 patients with N. gonorrhoeae infections, 48 (44%) had...

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Autores principales: Bhatti, Ashima A., Allan-Blitz, Lao-Tzu, Castrejon, Mariana, Humphries, Romney M., Hemarajata, Peera, Klausner, Jeffrey D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5572865/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28820375
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2309.170215
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Sumario:We investigated the epidemiology of the mutant gyrase A gene, a reliable predictor of ciprofloxacin resistance, in Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections at UCLA Health in Los Angeles, California, USA, during November 1, 2015–August 31, 2016. Among 110 patients with N. gonorrhoeae infections, 48 (44%) had the mutant gyrase A gene.

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