Changing epidemiologic profile of quinolone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in London

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 192, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1191-1195

  Martin, Iona M C ^a,b,c   Ison, Catherine A ^a,c   Aanensen, David M ^a   Fenton, Kevin A ^a,d   Spratt, Brian G ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUINOLONE RESISTANT NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; SEQUENCE TYPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUINOLONES;

EID: 25444502403     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/444429     Document Type: Article

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