Antimicrobial susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated in Bangladesh (1997 to 1999): Rapid shift to fluoroquinolone resistance

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2037-2040

  Rahman, Motiur ^a   Sultan, Zafar ^a   Monira, Shirajum ^a   Alam, Ashraful ^a   Nessa, Khairun ^a   Islam, Sonia ^a   Nahar, Shamsun ^a   Shama A Waris, ^a   Khan, Shahnewaz Alam ^a   Bogaerts, Jozef ^a   Islam, Nazrul ^a   Albert, John ^a  

^a ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BANGLADESH; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BANGLADESH; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0036266038     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.6.2037-2040.2002     Document Type: Article

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