Suboptimal therapy and clinical management of gonorrhoea in an area with high-level antimicrobial resistance

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 225-228

  Chen, P L ^a,b   Hsieh, Y H ^c   Lee, H C ^a,b   Ko, N Y ^a,b   Lee, N Y ^a,b   Wu, C J ^a,b   Chang, C M ^a,b   Lee, C C ^b   Ko, W C ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Fluoroquinolone; Gonorrhoea; Sexually transmitted disease; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URETHRITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GONORRHEA; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66349093807     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008286     Document Type: Article

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