Increasing incidence of gonorrhea in Israel associated with countrywide dissemination of a ciprofloxacin-resistant strain

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 368-372

  Yagupsky, P ^a   Schahar, A ^a   Peled, N ^a   Porat, N ^a   Trefler, R ^a   Dan, M ^b   Keness, Y ^c   Block, C ^d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TIME; URETHRITIS;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0036327329     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-002-0717-1     Document Type: Article

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