Antimicrobial susceptibilities and plasmid contents of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from commercial sex workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh: Emergence of high-level resistance to ciprofloxacin

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1130-1136

  Bhuiyan, Bahar Uddin ^a   Rahman, Motiur ^c   Amin Miah, Mohammed Ruhul ^b   Nahar, Shamsun ^d   Islam, Nazrul ^b   Ahmed, Monira ^a   Rahman, Kazi Masihur ^b   Albert, M John ^d  

^a Jahurul Islam Med College Hospital   (Bangladesh)

^b BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0033066728     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.4.1130-1136.1999     Document Type: Article

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