Identification of novel mutation patterns in the parC gene of ciprofloxacin-resistant isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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Trees, DL
Sandul, AL
Whittington, WL
Knapp, JS
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[1] Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Bacterial STD Branch, Div AIDS STD TB Lab Res, Natl Ctr Infect Dis, Atlanta, GA 30333 USA
[2] Univ Washington, Neisseria Reference Lab, Dept Med, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
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10.1128/AAC.42.8.2103
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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Of 65 ciprofloxacin-resistant, clinical isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, 5 isolates exhibited ParC mutations previously undescribed in the gonococcus. For isolates containing two ParC mutations (the Ser-87-->Ile and Glu-91-->Gly mutations and the Gly-85-->Cys and Arg116-->Leu mutations) the MICs of ciprofloxacin (8.0 to 64.0 mu g/ml) were higher than those for the isolate containing the single ParC mutation (Arg-116-->Leu; MIC, 1.0 mu g/ml).
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