Surveillance of antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the Netherlands, 1977-95

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 510-517

  Van De Laar, M J W ^a   Van Duynhoven, Y T H P ^a   Dessens, M ^a   Van Santen, M ^a   Van Klingeren, B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Surveillance programme

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NETHERLANDS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORINS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NETHERLANDS; PENICILLINASE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 79959982312     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.73.6.510     Document Type: Article

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