Antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Global surveillance and a call for international collaborative action

In a Policy Forum, Teodora Wi and colleagues discuss the challenges of antimicrobial resistance in gonococci.

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Published in:	PLoS medicine Vol. 14; no. 7; p. e1002344
Main Authors:	Wi, Teodora, Lahra, Monica M, Ndowa, Francis, Bala, Manju, Dillon, Jo-Anne R, Ramon-Pardo, Pilar, Eremin, Sergey R, Bolan, Gail, Unemo, Magnus
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 07-07-2017 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Analysis Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology Antibiotics Antimicrobial agents Antimicrobial resistance Biology and Life Sciences Collaboration Condoms Diagnostic tests Disease prevention Drug resistance Drug Resistance, Bacterial Drug therapy Epidemiological Monitoring Epidemiology Ethics Genomes Global Health Gonorrhea Gonorrhea - drug therapy Health policy Health surveillance Humans Infections Medicine and Health Sciences Mens health Microbial drug resistance Neisseria gonorrhoeae Neisseria gonorrhoeae - drug effects Policy Forum Public health Quality control R&D Research & development Risk factors Sexually transmitted diseases STD Vaccine development Canada Saskatchewan Canada
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Summary:	In a Policy Forum, Teodora Wi and colleagues discuss the challenges of antimicrobial resistance in gonococci.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
ISSN:	1549-1676 1549-1277 1549-1676
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pmed.1002344