Antimicrobial sensitivity of Neisseria gonorrhoea in Gondar, Ethiopia

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 259-261

  Tadesse, A ^c   Mekonnen, A ^b   Kassu, A ^c   Asmelash, T ^a  

^a Mekle University   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ETHIOPIA; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ETHIOPIA; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0035352984     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v78i5.9050     Document Type: Article

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