The '2012 european guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of gonorrhoea in adults' recommends dual antimicrobial therapy

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 47, 2012, Pages

  Unemo, M ^a,b  

^a European STI Guidelines Editorial Board   (United States)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHARYNGITIS; RECTUM DISEASE; URETHRITIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

EID: 84870866979     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.17.47.20323-en     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Bignell C and Unemo M, on behalf of the European STI Guidelines Editorial Board. 2012 European guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of gonorrhoea in adults. Int J STD AIDS. Forthcoming. (http://www.iusti.org/regions/Europe/pdf/2012/Gonorrhoea_2012.pdf)
2. Bignell C, IUSTI/WHO. 2009 European (IUSTI/WHO) guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of gonorrhoea in adults. Int J STD AIDS. 2009;20(7):453-7.
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6. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Gonococcal antimicrobial susceptibility surveillance in Europe 2010. Stockholm: ECDC 2012. Available from: http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/Publications/1206-Gonococcal-AMR.pdf