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Emerging azithromycin-resistance among the Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains isolated in Hungary.
Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials - 20 Sept 2016
Brunner Alexandra, Nemes-Nikodem Eva, Jeney Csaba, Szabo Dora, Marschalko Marta, Karpati Sarolta, Ostorhazi Eszter
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BACKGROUND: In the 1990s, azithromycin became the drug of choice for many infectious diseases but emerging resistance to the drug has only been reported in the last decade. In the last 5 years, the National Neisseria gonorrhoeae Reference Laboratory of Hungary (NNGRLH) has also observed an increased number of N. gonorrhoeae strains resistant to azithromycin. The aim of this study was to determine the most...
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