Antibiotic-resistant phenotypes and genotypes of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates in Japan: Identification of strain clusters with multidrug-resistant phenotypes

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 871-875

  Tanaka, Masatoshi ^a   Koga, Yosuke ^a   Nakayama, Hiroshi ^b   Kanayama, Akiko ^c   Kobayashi, Intetsu ^c   Saika, Takeshi ^d   Iyoda, Takako ^d  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nakayama Urologic Clinic   (Japan)

^c TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d LSI MEDIENCE CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DRUG INHIBITION; GENOTYPE; JAPAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; JAPAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 80051780719     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31821d0f98     Document Type: Article

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