Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 109, Issue 2 , Pages 120-127 , February 2010

High Prevalence of Mutations in Quinolone-resistance-determining Regions and mtrR Loci in Polyclonal Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolates at a Tertiary Hospital in Southern Taiwan

  • Po-Lin Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Center for Infection Control, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hsin-Chun Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Center for Infection Control, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jing-Jou Yan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yu-Hsiang Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • ,
  • Nan-Yao Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Center for Infection Control, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Nai-Ying Ko

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Center for Infection Control, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chia-Wei Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chia-Ming Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Center for Infection Control, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chi-Jung Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Center for Infection Control, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ching-Chi Lee

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wen-Chien Ko

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Center for Infection Control, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Division of Clinical Research, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Wen-Chien Ko, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, 138 Sheng Li Road, Tainan 704, Taiwan

Received 14 January 2009 ,Revised 6 March 2009 ,Accepted 8 June 2009.

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PII: S0929-6646(10)60032-0

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(10)60032-0

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 109, Issue 2 , Pages 120-127 , February 2010

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