Mutation in ribosomal protein S5 leads to spectinomycin resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

Mutation in ribosomal protein S5 leads to spectinomycin resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

Spectinomycin remains a useful reserve option for therapy of gonorrhea. The emergence of multidrug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains with decreased susceptibility to cefixime and to ceftriaxone makes it the only medicine still effective for treatment of gonorrhea infection in analogous cases....

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Main Authors: Elena eIlina, Maja eMalakhova, Ivan eBodoev, Alla eFilimonova, Nina eOparina, Vadim eGovorun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Ribosomal Proteins
Spectinomycin
mutations
antimicrobial resistance
horizontal gene transfer
Spot-transformation
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00186/full

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