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CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 64, Issue 9, Pages 1268-1270Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw864
Keywords
gyrA; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; ciprofloxacin; antibiotic resistance
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- David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
- National Institutes of Health [R21AI117256, R21AI109005]
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Multidrug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a top threat to public health. In November 2015, UCLA Health introduced a rapid gyrase A (gyrA) genotypic assay for prediction of Neisseria gonorrhoeae susceptibility to ciprofloxacin. We found a significant reduction in ceftriaxone use with a concomitant increase in targeted therapy.
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