Gonorrhoea surveillance, laboratory diagnosis and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in 11 countries of the eastern part of the WHO European region

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Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 643-649

  Unemo, Magnus ^a   Shipitsyna, Elena ^b   Domeika, Marius ^c  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b D O OTT RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OBSTETRICS   (Russian Federation)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Eastern Europe; EE SRH Network; Gonorrhoea; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; WHO

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LOMEFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; MOXIFLOXACIN; NETILMICIN; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; SPIRAMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARMENIA; ARTICLE; AZERBAIJAN; BELARUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ESTONIA; EUROPE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KAZAKHSTAN; KYRGYZSTAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TAJIKISTAN; UKRAINE; UZBEKISTAN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EUROPE, EASTERN; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 80051867096     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2011.02780.x     Document Type: Article

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