Antimicrobial resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the municipality of Morón, Cuba: Emergence of isolates with intermediate resistance to fluoroquinolones [10]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 191-192

  Llanes, R ^a   Zamora, A ^b   Napoles M ^b   Guevara, A ^b   Sosa, J ^a   Guzman D ^a   Llop, A ^a   Lantero, M I ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b Municipal Centre for Hygiene/Epidem   (Cuba)

^c MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Fluoroquinolones; Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; SAMPLE SIZE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URETHRITIS; VAGINITIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CUBA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 12244258211     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkg043     Document Type: Letter

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