Antimicrobial susceptibility profile of resistance phenotypes of neisseria gonorrheae in India

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 588-591

  Bala, Manju ^a   Jain, R K ^a   Ray, Krishna ^a  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONOCOCCAL URETHRITIS; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; UTERINE CERVICITIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PENICILLINS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 48049112181     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181666ac8     Document Type: Article

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