Auxotypes, serovats, and trends of antimicrobial resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Kigali, Rwanda (1985-93)

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 205-209

  Bogaerts, Jos ^a,b,f   Van Dyck, Eddy ^c   Mukantabana, Bernadette ^d   Munyabikali, Jean Paul ^d   Tello, Waldina Martinez ^e  

^a Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali   (Rwanda)

^b BADC   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d Laboratoire du Centre   (Rwanda)

^e Ctr Médico Social de Bilyogo   (Rwanda)

^f ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Auxotypes; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Serovars

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; THIAMPHENICOL; PENICILLINASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RWANDA; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING;

DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINASE; PREVALENCE; RWANDA; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0031597622     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.74.3.205     Document Type: Article

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