Tetracycline-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Characteristics of patients and isolates at a London Genitourinary Medicine Clinic

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 378-383

  Lewis, David A ^a,b   Ison, Catherine A ^b   Forster, Greta E ^a   Goh, Beng T ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0029787892     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199609000-00006     Document Type: Article

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