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Detection of antibiotic resistance is essential for gonorrhoea point-of-care testing: a mathematical modelling study

BACKGROUND: Antibiotic resistance is threatening to make gonorrhoea untreatable. Point-of-care (POC) tests that detect resistance promise individually tailored treatment, but might lead to more treatment and higher levels of resistance. We investigate the impact of POC tests on antibiotic-resistant...

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Autores principales: Fingerhuth, Stephanie M., Low, Nicola, Bonhoeffer, Sebastian, Althaus, Christian L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5530576/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28747205
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0881-x