High prevalence of quinolone resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in coastal Kenya

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 231-

  Duncan, Sarah ^a   Thiong'O, Alexander N ^b   Macharia, Michael ^b   Wamuyu, Lorraine ^b   Mwarumba, Salim ^b   Mvera, Benedict ^b   Smith, Adrian D ^a   Morpeth, Susan ^b,c   Graham, Susan M ^b,d   Sanders, Eduard J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; QUINOLONE;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; LETTER; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; QUINOLONES;

EID: 79953117248     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2010.048777     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Sanders EJ, Thiong'o AN, Okuku HS, et al. High prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections among HIV-1 negative men who have sex with men in coastal Kenya. Sex Transm Infect 2010;86:440-1.
2. Mehta S, Mclean I, Ronald A, et al. Time to Change Antibiotic Treatment of Gonococcal Infections: International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections Newsletter, 2009. http://www.iusti.org/regions/africa/newsletter/ IUSTIAfrica-October-2009-E.pdf.