Trends in neisseria gonorrhoeae susceptibility to cephalosporins in the United States, 2006-2014

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 314, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 1869-1871

  Kirkcaldy, Robert D ^a   Hook, Edward W ^b   Soge, Olusegun O ^c   Del Rio, Carlos ^d   Kubin, Grace ^e   Zenilman, Jonathan M ^f   Papp, John R ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BISEXUALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEPHALOSPORINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84946057325     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.10347     Document Type: Letter

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