Antimicrobial resistant gonorrhea in Atlanta: 1988-2006

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 780-782

  Dionne Odom, Jodie ^a   Tambe, Pradnya ^b   Yee, Eileen ^c   Weinstock, Hillard ^c   Del Rio, Carlos ^d  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness STD Clinic   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; DOXYCYCLINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SPECTINOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; GONOCOCCAL URETHRITIS; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FLUOROQUINOLONES; GEORGIA; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; URETHRITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961026943     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318214e306     Document Type: Article

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