Molecular epidemiological typing within the European Gonococcal Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Programme reveals predominance of a multidrugresistant clone

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Chisholm, S A ^a   Unemo, M ^b   Quaye, N ^a   Johansson, E ^b   Cole, M J ^a   Ison, C A ^a   Van de Laar, M J W ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; NITROCEFIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; TRANSFERRIN BINDING PROTEIN B;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLONE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GONORRHEA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 84873453136     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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