KA Workowski, SM Berman, JM … - Annals of Internal Medicine, 2008 - Am Coll Physicians Prevention and control of gonorrhea is an important public health concern due to the high burden
of disease, the recent increase in reported infection rates, and the reproductive and economic
consequences of infection. Effective antibiotic treatment is one essential component of an ... Cited by 39 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
S Yokoi, T Deguchi, T Ozawa, M Yasuda, S Ito, Y … - Emerg Infect Dis, 2007 - origin.cdc.gov To the Editor: From November 2002 through May 2003, 4 Japanese men, ranging in age from
23 to 45 years, visited the Department of Urology at Toyota Memorial Hospital, Toyota,
Japan. Physical examinations showed urethral discharge and dysuria. Each had had ... Cited by 25 - Related articles - Cached - All 4 versions
M Unemo, O Fasth, H Fredlund, A … - Journal of …, 2009 - Br Soc Antimicrob Chemo Objectives: Emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Neisseria gonorrhoeae
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T Deguchi, M Yasuda, S Maeda - Annals of internal medicine, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 1: Ann Intern Med. 2008 Sep 2;149(5):363-4. Comment on: Ann Intern Med. 2008 Apr
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J Tapsall - Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2009 - canadianmedicaljournal.ca In this issue of CMAJ, Ota and colleagues 1 report a substantial increase in infections of
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J Tapsall - Expert review of anti-infective therapy, 2006 - ingentaconnect.com Gonorrhea is essentially out of control in many settings and high disease rates are coupled with
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