Antibiotic susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Arkhangelsk, Russia

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-135

  Vorobieva, Veronica ^b   Firsova, Natalia ^c   Abablcova, Tatiana ^c   Leniv, Ivan ^c   Haldorsen, Bjørg C ^a   Unemo, Magnus ^d   Skogen, Vegard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c Arkhangelsk Regional Clinical Dermatologic and Venereologic Dispensary   (Russian Federation)

^d ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; KANAMYCIN; NITROCEFIN; PENICILLIN G; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RUSSIA;

EID: 34248208636     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2006.021857     Document Type: Article

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