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Title: Evidence of Recent Genomic Evolution in Gonococcal Strains With Decreased Susceptibility to Cephalosporins or Azithromycin in the United States, 2014–2016

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  1. Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
  2. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, Emory Antibiotic Resistance Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, Laboratories of Bacterial Pathogenesis, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia
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OSTI Identifier:
1527039
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1508174
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Infectious Diseases
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of Infectious Diseases Journal Volume: 220 Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0022-1899
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Thomas, Jesse C., Seby, Sandra, Abrams, A. Jeanine, Cartee, Jack, Lucking, Sean, Vidyaprakash, Eshaw, Schmerer, Matthew, Pham, Cau D., Hong, Jaeyoung, Torrone, Elizabeth, Cyr, Sancta St, Shafer, William M., Bernstein, Kyle, Kersh, Ellen N., Gernert, Kim M., Antimicrobial-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae Working Group, Weinstock, Hillard, Dominguez, Catherine, Hun, Sopheay, and Kneupper, Katie. Evidence of Recent Genomic Evolution in Gonococcal Strains With Decreased Susceptibility to Cephalosporins or Azithromycin in the United States, 2014–2016. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiz079.
Thomas, Jesse C., Seby, Sandra, Abrams, A. Jeanine, Cartee, Jack, Lucking, Sean, Vidyaprakash, Eshaw, Schmerer, Matthew, Pham, Cau D., Hong, Jaeyoung, Torrone, Elizabeth, Cyr, Sancta St, Shafer, William M., Bernstein, Kyle, Kersh, Ellen N., Gernert, Kim M., Antimicrobial-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae Working Group, Weinstock, Hillard, Dominguez, Catherine, Hun, Sopheay, & Kneupper, Katie. Evidence of Recent Genomic Evolution in Gonococcal Strains With Decreased Susceptibility to Cephalosporins or Azithromycin in the United States, 2014–2016. United States. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiz079
Thomas, Jesse C., Seby, Sandra, Abrams, A. Jeanine, Cartee, Jack, Lucking, Sean, Vidyaprakash, Eshaw, Schmerer, Matthew, Pham, Cau D., Hong, Jaeyoung, Torrone, Elizabeth, Cyr, Sancta St, Shafer, William M., Bernstein, Kyle, Kersh, Ellen N., Gernert, Kim M., Antimicrobial-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae Working Group, Weinstock, Hillard, Dominguez, Catherine, Hun, Sopheay, and Kneupper, Katie. Thu . "Evidence of Recent Genomic Evolution in Gonococcal Strains With Decreased Susceptibility to Cephalosporins or Azithromycin in the United States, 2014–2016". United States. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiz079.
@article{osti_1527039,
title = {Evidence of Recent Genomic Evolution in Gonococcal Strains With Decreased Susceptibility to Cephalosporins or Azithromycin in the United States, 2014–2016},
author = {Thomas, Jesse C. and Seby, Sandra and Abrams, A. Jeanine and Cartee, Jack and Lucking, Sean and Vidyaprakash, Eshaw and Schmerer, Matthew and Pham, Cau D. and Hong, Jaeyoung and Torrone, Elizabeth and Cyr, Sancta St and Shafer, William M. and Bernstein, Kyle and Kersh, Ellen N. and Gernert, Kim M. and Antimicrobial-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae Working Group and Weinstock, Hillard and Dominguez, Catherine and Hun, Sopheay and Kneupper, Katie},
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doi = {10.1093/infdis/jiz079},
journal = {Journal of Infectious Diseases},
number = 2,
volume = 220,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Feb 21 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Thu Feb 21 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}

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