Increasing rates of quinolone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Paris, France

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 818-821

  Farhi, D ^a   Gerhardt, P ^a   Falissard, B ^a   Poupet, H ^a   Poyart, C ^a   Dupin, N ^a  

^a Cochin Hospital ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Ciprofloxacin; HIV; Men who have sex with men; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Quinolone

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIPARA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PARIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34250659308     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.02054.x     Document Type: Article

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