Emerging Quinolone and Antibiotic
Resistance to Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Dawn M. Stancik
Biology 238: Microbiology
Professor Joan Slonczewski
May 2001

What is Neisseria gonorrhoeae and which antimicrobial therapies have been used?
What are the mechanisms of therapeutic resistance utilized by N. gonorrhoeae?
What future treatment is recommended?
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