A pilot study on antimicrobial susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from Nepal

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 641-643

  Chaudhary, Chintamani ^a   Chaudhary, Faisal Arif Hasan ^b   Pandy, Amit Raj ^a   Karki, Narayan ^a   Kansaker, Palpasa ^c   Das, Anil K ^a   Ross, James L ^d   Malla, Sarala ^c   Hossain, Anowar ^b   Neilsen, Graham ^d   Rahman, Motiur ^b,e  

^a AMDA   (Nepal)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c National Public Health Laboratory   (Nepal)

^d FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEPAL; PILOT STUDY;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEPAL; PENICILLINS; PILOT PROJECTS; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 26444477354     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000179906.57604.e3     Document Type: Article

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