Antimicrobial resistance in gonococci isolated from patients and from commercial sex workers in Harare, Zimbabwe

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 175-179

  Mason, Peter R ^a,b,c   Gwanzura, Lovemore ^a,c   Latif, Ahmed S ^a,c   Marowa, Evaristo ^d   Ray, Sunanda ^c   Katzenstein, David A ^c  

^a UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^d Natl AIDS Coordination Programme   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Gonococci; Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; KANAMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ZIMBABWE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; KANAMYCIN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLINASE; PROSTITUTION; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0031929894     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(97)00052-6     Document Type: Article

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