Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates with high-level resistance to azithromycin in Australia

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1267-1268

  Stevens, Kerrie ^a   Zaia, Angelo ^a   Tawil, Samantha ^a   Bates, John ^b   Hicks, Vicki ^b   Whiley, David ^c   Limnios, Athena ^d   Lahra, Monica M ^d   Howden, Benjamin P ^a  

^a PETER DOHERTY INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION AND IMMUNITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d New South Wales Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gonorrhoea; N. gonorrhoeae; Resistant

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RNA 23S;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; AZITHROMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926507075     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dku490     Document Type: Letter

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