Nongonococcal urethritis and antibiotic-resistant Mycoplasma genitalium infection

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1554-1555

  Taylor Robinson, David ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; RNA 23S; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DRUG EFFICACY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETHRITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; URETHRITIS;

EID: 56749183317     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/593189     Document Type: Note

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