New clinical strain of neisseria gonorrhoeae with decreased susceptibility to ceftriaxone, Japan

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 142-144

  Deguchi, Takashi ^a   Yasuda, Mitsuru ^a   Hatazaki, Kyoko ^a   Kameyama, Koji ^a   Horie, Kengo ^a   Kato, Taku ^a   Mizutani, Kohsuke ^a   Seike, Kensaku ^a   Tsuchiya, Tomohiro ^a   Yokoi, Shigeaki ^a   Nakano, Masahiro ^a   Yoh, Mutsumasa ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yoh Urology and Dermatology Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CASE REPORT; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; JAPAN; LETTER; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENA GENE; PHARYNGEAL GONORRHEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; URETHRITIS; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CEFTRIAXONE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 84950273190     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2201.150868     Document Type: Letter

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