First cases of Neisseria gonorrhoeae resistant to ceftriaxone in Catalonia, Spain, May 2011;Primeros casos de Neisseria gonorrhoeae resistente a ceftriaxona en Cataluña, España, mayo 2011

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 218-219

  Carnicer Pont, Dolors ^a,b,c   Smithson, Alex ^d   Fina Homar, Elena ^e   Bastida, Maria Teresa ^c,d  

^a Centre of Epidemiological Studies on STI HIV and AIDS in Catalonia (CEEISCAT)   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Gonococcus Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Working Group (VIRAG)   (Spain)

^d Esperit Sant Regional Hospital   (Spain)

^e Mas Font Primary Health Centre   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; NITROCEFIN; PENICILLIN G; SPECTINOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; DISK DIFFUSION; EMERGENCY WARD; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRESCRIPTION; SEXUALITY; SPAIN; THROAT CULTURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CARRIER STATE; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN RESISTANCE; CONTACT TRACING; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHARYNX; RECTUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPAIN; URETHRA; URETHRITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859103473     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2011.11.010     Document Type: Letter

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