Cephalosporin resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections

JAMA

Volumn 309, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 1989-

  Klausner, Jeffrey D ^a   Kerndt, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; RIFAMPICIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFIXIME;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; DRUG USE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GONORRHEA; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NOTE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFIXIME; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 84877747642     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.4078     Document Type: Letter

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