What is new with antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea in Newcastle, England?

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 805-808

  Elawad, B B ^a   Narayanan, M ^a   Pattman, R S ^a   Sankar, K N ^a   Freeman, R ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ciprofloxacin and penicillin resistance; N. gonorrhoeae; Opa type method

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DRUG CHOICE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PENICILLINS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0036894773     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646202321020044     Document Type: Article

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