Emergence of ciprofloxacin resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in north India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 707-710

  Sethi, Sunil ^a   Sharma, Dharmendra ^a   Mehta, S D ^a   Singh, Bhupinder ^a   Smriti, Manu ^a   Kumar, Bhushan ^a   Sharma, Meera ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Ciprofloxacin; Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; CEFTRIAXONE; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; CIPROFLOXACIN; NITROCEFIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GONOCOCCAL URETHRITIS; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; URETHRITIS;

EID: 33746147503     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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