Disseminated gonococcal infection in an immunocompetent patient caused by an imported Neisseria gonorrhoeae multidrug-resistant strain

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3833-3834

  Dal Conte, Ivano ^a   Starnino, Stefania ^b   Di Perri, Giovanni ^a   Stefanelli, Paola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; DRUG EFFECT; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 34248678697     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01041-06     Document Type: Article

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