Emergence of a Neisseria gonorrhoeae clone showing decreased susceptibility to cefixime in England and Wales

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2509-2512

  Chisholm, Stephanie A ^a   Alexander, Sarah ^a   Desouza Thomas, Leah ^a   Maclure Webster, Elisabeth ^a   Anderson, John ^a   Nichols, Tom ^a   Lowndes, Catherine M ^a   Ison, Catherine A ^a   Midlands, East ^b   Minassian, M ^b   Riddell, L ^b   Weston, V ^b   Bignell, C ^b   Farrington, M ^b   Carne, C ^b   Mulla, R ^b   Balachandran, T ^b   Azadian, B ^b   McLean, K ^b   McOwan, A ^b   Boag, F ^b   Clinic, John Hunter ^b   Krahe, D ^b   Nathan, M ^b   Graver, M ^b   Tenant Flowers, M ^b   Holliman, R ^b   Hay, P ^b   Jepson, A ^b   Green, L ^b   MacRae, B ^b   Robinson, A ^b   Bragman, S ^b   Russell, J ^b   Wade, J ^b   Riley, P ^b   Jungmann, E ^b   Magee, J ^b   Sankar, K N ^b   Neal, T ^b   Carey, P ^b   Qamruddin, A ^b   Sukthankar, A ^b   Anson, J ^b   Paul, J ^b   Dean, G ^b   Stacey, A ^b   Wildman, G ^b   Cubbon, M ^b   Tang, A ^b   Spencer, R ^c   Horner, P ^c   Logan, M ^c   Sulaiman, Z ^c   Williams, M ^c   Lees, A ^c   Howe, R ^b   Birley, H ^b   Kubriak, E ^b   Das, R ^b   Gill, M ^b   Ross, J ^b   Jones, H ^b   Gray, J ^b   Dobie, D ^b   Tariq, A ^b   Denton, M ^b   Clarke, J ^b   Zadik, P ^b   Kinghorn, G ^b   more..

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b GRASP Collaborative Group   (United Kingdom)

^c GRASP Collaborative Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Molecular typing; Surveillance; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AGAR DILUTION; AGED; ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL ORIENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFIXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PENICILLINS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TETRACYCLINE; WALES;

EID: 80053643276     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr332     Document Type: Article

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