Characterization of azithromycin-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated in Tokyo in 2005-2011

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 339-341

  Takayama, Yoshiko ^a   Nakayama, Shu Ichi ^b   Shimuta, Ken ^b   Morita Ishihara, Tomoko ^b   Ohnishi, Makoto ^b  

^a Byotai Seiri Laboratory   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azithromycin; Drug resistance; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Surveillance; Treatment guidelines

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; SPECTINOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; JAPAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTIANTIGEN SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; TIME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84903745921     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: 14377780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2014.01.007     Document Type: Article

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