Phenotypic and genetic characterisation of bacterial sexually transmitted infections in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, West Africa: A prospective cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Olsen, Birgitta ^a,b   Månsson, Fredrik ^c   Camara, Cidia ^d   Monteiro, Mario ^d   Biai, Ansu ^d   Alves, Alfredo ^e   Andersson, Sören ^f   Norrgren, Hans ^c   Unemo, Magnus ^f  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Natl Public Health Laboratory LNSP   (Guinea-Bissau)

^e Simão Mendes National Hospital   (Guinea-Bissau)

^f ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 84860893016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000636     Document Type: Article

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