Clarithromycin treatment failure due to macrolide resistance in Treponema pallidum in a patient with primary syphilis

Acta Derm Venereol. 2010 Mar;90(2):206-7. doi: 10.2340/00015555-0774.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Base Sequence
  • Cefuroxime / therapeutic use
  • Clarithromycin / therapeutic use*
  • DNA, Bacterial / isolation & purification
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial* / genetics
  • Female
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Ribotyping
  • Syphilis / diagnosis
  • Syphilis / drug therapy*
  • Syphilis / microbiology
  • Treatment Failure
  • Treponema pallidum / classification
  • Treponema pallidum / genetics
  • Treponema pallidum / isolation & purification*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Clarithromycin
  • Cefuroxime