Antimicrobial susceptibility and plasmid profile of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in India (New Delhi)

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 210-212

  Bhalla, P ^a,b   Sethi, K ^a   Reddy, B S N ^a   Mathur, M D ^a  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

^b MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; India; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Plasmids

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLINASE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONOCOCCAL URETHRITIS; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

EID: 0031844913     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.74.3.210     Document Type: Article

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