Two New Strains of Drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in a Bisexual Man having Sex with Men in Wroclaw, Poland

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  • Martyna Biała Department of Infectious Diseases, Liver Diseases and Acquired Immune Deficiences, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
  • Bartosz Pencakowski Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
  • Beata Mączyńska Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Parasitology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
  • Konrad Starzyński Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Parasitology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
  • Bartosz Szetela Department of Infectious Diseases, Liver Diseases and Acquired Immune Deficiences, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland; All Saint’s Clinic, Wroclawskie Centrum Zdrowia SP ZOZ, Poland

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https://doi.org/10.2340/actadv.v104.35658

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae, STI, MSM, antimicrobial resistance

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2024-04-24

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Biała, M., Pencakowski, B., Mączyńska, B., Starzyński, K., & Szetela, B. (2024). Two New Strains of Drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in a Bisexual Man having Sex with Men in Wroclaw, Poland. Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 104, adv35658. https://doi.org/10.2340/actadv.v104.35658

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