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Molecular approaches to enhance surveillance of gonococcal antimicrobial resistance.
Nature reviews. Microbiology - 1 Mar 2014
Goire Namraj, Lahra Monica M, Chen Marcus, Donovan Basil, Fairley Christopher K, Guy Rebecca, Kaldor John, Regan David, Ward James, Nissen Michael D, Sloots Theo P, Whiley David M
Abstract excerpt
The best available data indicate that the world is heading towards a pandemic of extensively drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae. At the same time, clinical microbiology laboratories have moved away from using culture-based methods to diagnose gonorrhoea, thus undermining our ability to detect antimicrobial resistance (AMR) using current technologies. In this Opinion article, we discuss the problem of N....
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