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Availability of Injectable Antimicrobial Drugs for Gonorrhea and Syphilis, United States, 2016

We estimated the availability of the injectable antimicrobial drugs recommended for point-of-care treatment of gonorrhea and syphilis among US physicians who evaluated patients with sexually transmitted infections in 2016. Most physicians did not have these drugs available on-site. Further research...

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Autores principales: Pearson, William S., Cherry, Donald K., Leichliter, Jami S., Bachmann, Laura H., Cummings, Nicole A., Hogben, Matthew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6810217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31625857
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2511.190764
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author Pearson, William S.
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Bachmann, Laura H.
Cummings, Nicole A.
Hogben, Matthew
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description We estimated the availability of the injectable antimicrobial drugs recommended for point-of-care treatment of gonorrhea and syphilis among US physicians who evaluated patients with sexually transmitted infections in 2016. Most physicians did not have these drugs available on-site. Further research is needed to determine the reasons for the unavailability of these drugs.
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spelling pubmed-68102172019-11-01 Availability of Injectable Antimicrobial Drugs for Gonorrhea and Syphilis, United States, 2016 Pearson, William S. Cherry, Donald K. Leichliter, Jami S. Bachmann, Laura H. Cummings, Nicole A. Hogben, Matthew Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We estimated the availability of the injectable antimicrobial drugs recommended for point-of-care treatment of gonorrhea and syphilis among US physicians who evaluated patients with sexually transmitted infections in 2016. Most physicians did not have these drugs available on-site. Further research is needed to determine the reasons for the unavailability of these drugs. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6810217/ /pubmed/31625857 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2511.190764 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Availability of Injectable Antimicrobial Drugs for Gonorrhea and Syphilis, United States, 2016
title Availability of Injectable Antimicrobial Drugs for Gonorrhea and Syphilis, United States, 2016
title_full Availability of Injectable Antimicrobial Drugs for Gonorrhea and Syphilis, United States, 2016
title_fullStr Availability of Injectable Antimicrobial Drugs for Gonorrhea and Syphilis, United States, 2016
title_full_unstemmed Availability of Injectable Antimicrobial Drugs for Gonorrhea and Syphilis, United States, 2016
title_short Availability of Injectable Antimicrobial Drugs for Gonorrhea and Syphilis, United States, 2016
title_sort availability of injectable antimicrobial drugs for gonorrhea and syphilis, united states, 2016
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6810217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31625857
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2511.190764
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