Determination of ciprofloxacin and nalidixic acid resistance in Campylobacter jejuni with a fluorogenic polymerase chain reaction assay

• Main Authors: Padungtod P., Kaneene J.B., Wilson D.L., Bell J., Linz J.E.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037314768&partnerID=40&md5=a5ac20a8fee7937281a249d424dcf9bc; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/7509
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

A fluorogenic polymerase chain reaction assay for the gyrA gene was used to determine the frequency of a Thr-86 mutation in Campylobacter jejuni isolates from food animals and humans in northern Thailand and to investigate the correlation between this mutation and bacterial resistance to fluoroquino...