National Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 264, Issue 11, 1990, Pages 1413-1417

  Schwarcz, Sandra K ^a   Zenilman, Jonathan M ^a,g   Schnell, Daniel ^a   Knapp, Joan S ^b   Hook, Edward W ^c   Thompson, Sumner ^d   Judson, Franklyn N ^e   Holmes, King K ^f  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DENVER PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CEFTRIAXONE; PENICILLIN G; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTICS; CEFOXITIN; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0025155468     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1990.03450110059027     Document Type: Article

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