An audit of pharyngeal gonorrhoea treatment in a public sexual health clinic in Adelaide, South Australia

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 399-400

  Hustig, A ^a   Bell, C ^b   Waddell, R ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

antibiotics; ceftriaxone; gonorrhoea; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; pharyngeal gonorrhoea; resistance; sexually transmitted infection; test of cure; treatment; treatment failure

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GONORRHEA; MEDICAL AUDIT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHARYNGEAL GONORRHOEA; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUAL HEALTH;

ANTIBIOTICS; CEFTRIAXONE; GONORRHOEA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHARYNGEAL GONORRHOEA; RESISTANCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION; TEST OF CURE; TREATMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84887349261     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956462412472792     Document Type: Article

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