A significant increase of the incidence of ciprofloxacin resistant gonorrhea in Sweden;Ciprofloxacinresistent gonorré ökar kraftigt i Sverige: Välj rätt antibiotikum och följ upp behandlingen!

Lakartidningen

Volumn 101, Issue 28-29, 2004, Pages 2332-2335

  Berglund, Torsten ^a   Colucci, Betina ^b   Lund, Bernt ^d   Qvarnström, Ivar ^d   Sandström, Eric ^c  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; AZITROMAX; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; SPECTINOMYCIN; TROBICID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; SWEDEN;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; SEROTYPING; SWEDEN;

EID: 3242678185     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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