Changing antimicrobial resistance profiles among Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates in Italy, 2003 to 2012.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on July 28, 2014

Authors

Anna Carannante1, Giovanna Renna1, Ivano Dal Conte2, Valeria Ghisetti3, Alberto Matteelli4, Grazia Prignano5, Giampaolo Impara5, Marco Cusini6, Antonietta D'Antuono7, Caterina Vocale8, Raffaele Antonetti9, Marina Gaino10, Marina Busetti11, Maria Agnese Latino12, Antonella Mencacci13, Carmen Bonanno14, Maria Carmela Cava14, Cristina Giraldi15, Paola Stefanelli16

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
2: STI Clinic, Department of Infectious Diseases, Amedeo di Savoia Hospital, Turin, Italy.
3: Microbiology and Virology Laboratory, Department of Infectious Diseases, Amedeo di Savoia Hospital, Turin, Italy.
4: Institute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
5: San Gallicano Dermatologic Institute, IRCSS, Rome, Italy.
6: Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
7: Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi Unit of Dermatology, STDs Center, Bologna, Italy.
8: Unit of Clinical Microbiology, CRREM Laboratory, St. Orsola-Malpighi, University Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
9: Department of Clinical Pathology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria OORR, Foggia, Italy.
10: Microbiology and Virology Laboratory, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy.
11: Institute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy.
12: Laboratorio di Batteriologia, Ospedale Ostetrico Ginecologico Sant'Anna, Turin, Italy.
13: Microbiology Section, Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
14: Microbiology and Virology Laboratory, Sandro Pertini Hospital, Rome, Italy.
15: Microbiology and Virology Laboratory, Molecular Clinic, PO Annunziata Azienda Ospedaliera di Cosenza, Cosenza, Italy.
16: Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy paola.stefanelli@iss.it.

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