Predominance of High-Level Tetracycline-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Kenya: Implications for Global Implementation of Doxycycline Postexposure Prophylaxis for Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections.
Sex Transm Dis
; 50(5): 317-319, 2023 05 01.
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| ID: mdl-36728331
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT Using archived Neisseria gonorrhoeae samples from 2008 to 2012, the prevalence of tet (M) genemediating high-level tetracycline resistance in N. gonorrhoeae was 96% among 50 Kenyan women. Determining the local and national prevalence of gonococcal tetracycline resistance and surveillance of gonococcal antimicrobial resistance can inform the implementation of doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis for STI prevention.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Gonorreia
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Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Sex Transm Dis
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article