The epidemiology of gonorrhoea in Norway, 1993-2007: Past victories, future challenges

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Jakopanec, Irena ^a   Borgen, Katrine ^a   Aavitsland, Preben ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG CHOICE; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NORWAY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAVEL; ADULT; HOMOSEXUALITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; TRAVEL;

EID: 64749088480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-33     Document Type: Article

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