Global transmission of multiple-drug resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains refractive to cephalosporin treatment

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 463-464

  Li, Shu Ying ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; MTRR PROTEIN; PENB PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PILQ PROTEIN; PONA PROTEIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFANILAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BISEXUALITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; TAIWAN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CEPHALOSPORINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 84867025317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09296646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2012.03.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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