Frequency and correlates of culture-positive infection with Neisseria gonorrhoeae in England: A review of sentinel surveillance data

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 287-293

  Mohammed, Hamish ^a   Ison, Catherine A ^a   Obi, Chinelo ^a   Chisholm, Stephanie ^a   Cole, Michelle ^a   Quaye, Nerteley ^a   Hughes, Gwenda ^a   Anderson, J ^a   Ellis, N ^a   Furegato, M ^a   Sile, B ^a   Town, K ^a   Livermore, D ^b   Bignell, C ^b,c   Eastick, K ^b   Johnson, A ^b   Lowndes, C ^b   Paul, J ^b   Robinson, A ^b,h   Ross, J ^b,c   Wade, J ^b,e   Minassian, M ^c   Riddell, L ^c   Weston, V ^c   Brown, N ^c   Carne, C ^c   Balachandran, T ^c   McLean, K ^d   McOwan, A ^d   Paul, G ^d   Claxton, A ^c   Nathan, M ^c   Tenant Flowers, M ^e   Riley, P ^f   Hay, P ^f   Smith, A ^g   Macrae, B ^h   Jungmann, E ^h   Bragman, S ^c   Russell, J ^c   Valappil, M ^c   Sankar, K N ^c   Anson, J ^c   Bradley, M ^c   Qamruddin, A ^c   Sukthankar, A ^c   Cubbon, M ^c   Dean, G ^c   Tang, A ^c   Williams, O M ^c   Horner, P ^c   Moore, P ^c   DeBurgh Thomas, A ^c   Howe, R ^c   Drayton, R ^c   Majumdar, S ^c   Birley, H ^c   Gray, J ^c   Dobie, D ^c   Tariq, A ^c   Denton, M ^c   Clarke, J ^c   Bowman, C ^c   more..

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b GRASP Steering Group   (United Kingdom)

^c GRASP Steering Group ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d Charing Cross   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h University College Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WOMEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH WOMEN; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; MICROBIOLOGY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84930583965     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2014-051756     Document Type: Article

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