Update on antimicrobial susceptibility and genotype of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated in Italy

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 288-290

  Carannante, Anna ^a   Latini, Alessandra ^b   Cusini, Marco ^c   Matteelli, Alberto ^d   Dal Conte, Ivano ^e   Ghisetti, Valeria ^e   D'Antuono, Antonietta ^f   Cavrini, Francesca ^f   Antonetti, Raffaele ^g   Stefanelli, Paola ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UO Dermatology Fondazione Policlinico Mangiagalli Regina Elena   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^e AMEDEO DI SAVOIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^g Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico S Orsola Malpighi UO of Microbiology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; NG MAST; Resistance

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; ITALY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856613214     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.08.014     Document Type: Article

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