In vitro assessment of gentamicin and azithromycin-based combination therapy against Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates in India
Author(s) -
Seema Sood,
Sulabh Agarwal,
Vikram Singh,
Sanjeev Gupta,
Vinod Sharma
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.000953
Subject(s) - azithromycin , neisseria gonorrhoeae , gentamicin , ceftriaxone , minimum inhibitory concentration , antagonism , microbiology and biotechnology , in vitro , antimicrobial , antibacterial agent , medicine , biology , antibiotics , receptor , biochemistry
The public health burden of infections caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae is magnified due to high rates of resistance to traditional antimicrobials. The aim of this study was to evaluate the in vitro efficacy of an alternative dual therapy comprising gentamicin and azithromycin.
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