Antimicrobial resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in selected World Health Organization Southeast Asia Region countries: An overview

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 178-184

  Ray, Krishna ^a   Bala, Manju ^a   Kumari, Sudarshan ^b   Narain, Jai P ^b  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

^b SEARO   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BANGLADESH; CLINICAL LABORATORY; GONORRHEA; INDIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SRI LANKA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BANGLADESH; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INDIA; LABORATORIES; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEPAL; SRI LANKA; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 13944273032     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000154490.40381.15     Document Type: Review

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