| Literature DB >> 31658968 |
Ken Shimuta1,2, Shu-Ichi Nakayama3, Hideyuki Takahashi3, Makoto Ohnishi3.
Abstract
Ceftriaxone (CRO) is widely used as the first-line treatment for gonococcal infections. However, CRO-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains carrying mosaic penA-60.001 have emerged recently and disseminated worldwide. To meet the urgent need to detect these strains, we report here a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay system that targets N. gonorrhoeae penA-60.001. This assay system can differentiate N. gonorrhoeae strains carrying mosaic penA-60.001 from strains carrying other penA alleles.Entities:
Keywords: LAMP; Neisseria gonorrhoeaezzm321990; ceftriaxone; loop-mediated isothermal amplification; penAzzm321990
Year: 2019 PMID: 31658968 PMCID: PMC7187580 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01663-19
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191