Challenges with gonorrhea in the era of multi-drug and extensively drug resistance-are we on the right track?

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 653-656

  Unemo, Magnus ^a   Golparian, Daniel ^a   Shafer, William M ^b,c  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

antimicrobial resistance; cefixime; ceftriaxone; gonorrhea; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; surveillance; treatment; WHO

Indexed keywords

AN 3665; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZD 0914; BC 3781; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; DNA TOPOISOMERASE INHIBITOR; GSK 2251052; MUT 056399; PLEUROMUTILIN; SM 295291; SM 369926; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VT 12008911;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; DRUG EFFECTS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84901020224     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14787210.2014.906902     Document Type: Review

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