Emergence of quinolone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Pakistan

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-33

  Jabeen, Kauser ^a   Khan, Erum ^a   Hasan, Rumina ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Gonorrhoea; N. gonorrhoeae; Pakistan; Quinolone; Treatment failure with quinolone

Indexed keywords

OFLOXACIN; QUINOLONE;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OFLOXACIN; PAKISTAN; QUINOLONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 30944444111     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: 09564624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646206775220469     Document Type: Article

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