An outbreak of high-level azithromycin resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in England

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 365-367

  Chisholm, Stephanie A ^a   Wilson, Janet ^a   Alexander, Sarah ^a   Tripodo, Francesco ^a   Al Shahib, Ali ^a   Schaefer, Ulf ^b   Lythgow, Kieren ^a   Fifer, Helen ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; RNA 23S; SPECTINOMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGLAND; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ADULT; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84982932015     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2015-052312     Document Type: Article

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