Use of first-line treatment for neisseria gonorrhoeae after treatment guideline changes

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 64-66

  Anschuetz, Greta ^a   Asbel, Lenore ^a   Salmon, Melinda E ^a,b   Johnson, Caroline C ^a  

^a PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84891633729     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000061     Document Type: Article

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