Lack of nationwide surveillance of antimicrobial resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Japan

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 363-364

  Deguchi, Takashi ^a   Yasuda, Mitsuru ^a   Maeda, Shin Ichi ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOYOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SPECTINOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; LETTER; NEISSERIA CINEREA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; URETHRITIS;

EID: 51049110300     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-149-5-200809020-00025     Document Type: Letter

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