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Provedor de dados: | 58
País: | Brazil
Título: | Antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae: history, molecular mechanisms and epidemiological aspects of an emerging global threat
Autores: | Costa-Lourenço,Ana Paula Ramalho da; Santos,Késia Thaís Barros dos; Moreira,Beatriz Meurer; Fracalanzza,Sergio Eduardo Longo; Bonelli,Raquel Regina.
Data: | 2017-12-01
Ano: | 2017
Palavras-chave: | Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Surveillance; Resistance mechanisms.
Resumo: | ABSTRACT Neisseria gonorrhoeae is the agent of gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted infection with an estimate from The World Health Organization of 78 million new cases in people aged 15-49 worldwide during 2012. If left untreated, complications may include pelvic inflammatory disease and infertility. Antimicrobial treatment is usually effective; however, resistance has emerged successively through various molecular mechanisms for all the regularly used therapeutic agents throughout decades. Detection of antimicrobial susceptibility is currently the most critical aspect for N. gonorrhoeae surveillance, however poorly structured health systems pose difficulties. In this review, we compiled data from worldwide reports regarding epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance in N. gonorrhoeae, and highlight the relevance of the implementation of surveillance networks to establish policies for gonorrhea treatment.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822017000400617
Editor: | Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia
Relação: | 10.1016/j.bjm.2017.06.001
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Microbiology  v.48 n.4 2017
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess