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Antibiograms and Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA-Polymerase Chain Reactions (RAPD-PCR) as Epidemiological Markers of Gonorrhea

Lawung, Ratana ; Charoenwatanachokchai, Angkana ; Cherdtrakulkiat, Rungrot ; Thammapiwan, Sivarak ; Mungniponpan, Tharinda ; Bülow, Leif LU and Prachayasittikul, Virapong (2010) In Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis 24(1). p.31-37
Abstract
The development of antimicrobial resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae arising from wide dissemination of resistant clones is a major global health problem. In this study, a total of 235 isolates of N. gonorrhoeae isolated from patients of Bangrak Hospital were tested for their antibiotic susceptibilities to penicillin, norfloxacin, ofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, spectinomycin, and ceftriaxone. Mutation (Ser-91) in the quinolone resistance determining regions of gyrA and random amplification of the polymorphic DNA polymerase chain reaction (RAPD-PCR) were examined from 145 isolates. Among these, 55 isolates were obtained during January-March 2000, 46 isolates during January-March 2002, and 44 isolates during October-December 2002. The occurrence... (More)
The development of antimicrobial resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae arising from wide dissemination of resistant clones is a major global health problem. In this study, a total of 235 isolates of N. gonorrhoeae isolated from patients of Bangrak Hospital were tested for their antibiotic susceptibilities to penicillin, norfloxacin, ofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, spectinomycin, and ceftriaxone. Mutation (Ser-91) in the quinolone resistance determining regions of gyrA and random amplification of the polymorphic DNA polymerase chain reaction (RAPD-PCR) were examined from 145 isolates. Among these, 55 isolates were obtained during January-March 2000, 46 isolates during January-March 2002, and 44 isolates during October-December 2002. The occurrence of combination resistance between penicillin and quinolone was 20% in January-March 2000, which was increased to 57.8% during the period of October-December 2002 (P<0.0001). Mutation of Ser-91 in gyrA could be directly linked with the resistance or declining of susceptibility to ciprofloxacin. Using RAPD-PCR, we could classify the 145 isolates into 4 and 5 groups by primers D11344 (5'-AGTGAATTCGCGGTGAGATGCCA-3') and D8635 (5'-GAGCGGCCAAAGGGAG-CA GAC-3'), respectively. Combination of the data obtained from these two primers produced 11 fingerprint groups. Our findings conclude that monitoring of the Ser-91 mutation of gyrA and RAPD-PCR methods are most useful for epidemiological screening. (C) 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc. (Less)
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Neissseria gonorrhoeae, gonorrhea, gyrase A, RAPD-PCR
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Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis
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31 - 37
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John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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1098-2825
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10.1002/jcla.20355
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  abstract     = {{The development of antimicrobial resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae arising from wide dissemination of resistant clones is a major global health problem. In this study, a total of 235 isolates of N. gonorrhoeae isolated from patients of Bangrak Hospital were tested for their antibiotic susceptibilities to penicillin, norfloxacin, ofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, spectinomycin, and ceftriaxone. Mutation (Ser-91) in the quinolone resistance determining regions of gyrA and random amplification of the polymorphic DNA polymerase chain reaction (RAPD-PCR) were examined from 145 isolates. Among these, 55 isolates were obtained during January-March 2000, 46 isolates during January-March 2002, and 44 isolates during October-December 2002. The occurrence of combination resistance between penicillin and quinolone was 20% in January-March 2000, which was increased to 57.8% during the period of October-December 2002 (P&lt;0.0001). Mutation of Ser-91 in gyrA could be directly linked with the resistance or declining of susceptibility to ciprofloxacin. Using RAPD-PCR, we could classify the 145 isolates into 4 and 5 groups by primers D11344 (5'-AGTGAATTCGCGGTGAGATGCCA-3') and D8635 (5'-GAGCGGCCAAAGGGAG-CA GAC-3'), respectively. Combination of the data obtained from these two primers produced 11 fingerprint groups. Our findings conclude that monitoring of the Ser-91 mutation of gyrA and RAPD-PCR methods are most useful for epidemiological screening. (C) 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.}},
  author       = {{Lawung, Ratana and Charoenwatanachokchai, Angkana and Cherdtrakulkiat, Rungrot and Thammapiwan, Sivarak and Mungniponpan, Tharinda and Bülow, Leif and Prachayasittikul, Virapong}},
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  keywords     = {{Neissseria gonorrhoeae; gonorrhea; gyrase A; RAPD-PCR}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{31--37}},
  publisher    = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
  series       = {{Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis}},
  title        = {{Antibiograms and Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA-Polymerase Chain Reactions (RAPD-PCR) as Epidemiological Markers of Gonorrhea}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcla.20355}},
  doi          = {{10.1002/jcla.20355}},
  volume       = {{24}},
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