Neisseria gonorrhoeae with reduced susceptibility to azithromycin - San Diego County, California, 2009

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 60, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 579-581

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Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDIASIS; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CALIFORNIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956350382     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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