A new multidrug-resistant strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Australia

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 371, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 1850-1851

  Lahra, Monica M ^a   Ryder, Nathan ^b   Whiley, David M ^c  

^a New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^b Centre for Disease Control   (Australia)

^c Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENETICS; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CEFTRIAXONE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 84908582416     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1408109     Document Type: Letter

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