Alarming increase in prevalence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections associated with a high level of antibiotic resistance in Tripoli, Lebanon

Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2016 Nov;48(5):576-577. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2016.08.003. Epub 2016 Sep 7.

Authors

Monzer Hamze¹, Marwan Osman², Marcel Achkar³, Hassan Mallat², Fouad Dabboussi²

Affiliations

¹ Laboratoire Microbiologie Santé et Environnement (LMSE), Ecole Doctorale des Sciences et de Technologie, Faculté de Santé Publique, Université Libanaise, Tripoli, Lebanon. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Laboratoire Microbiologie Santé et Environnement (LMSE), Ecole Doctorale des Sciences et de Technologie, Faculté de Santé Publique, Université Libanaise, Tripoli, Lebanon.
³ Clinical Laboratory, Nini Hospital, Tripoli, Lebanon.

PMID: 27667565
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2016.08.003

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
Gonorrhea / epidemiology*
Gonorrhea / microbiology*
Humans
Lebanon / epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Neisseria gonorrhoeae / drug effects*
Neisseria gonorrhoeae / isolation & purification*
Prevalence
Young Adult