Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS Med
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS Med
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosmed
Title:
PLoS Medicine
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Print):
1549-1277
ISSN
(Electronic):
1549-1676
Publication date
(Electronic):
26
July
2017
Publication date Collection:
July
2017
Volume: 14
Issue: 7
Electronic Location Identifier: e1002366
Affiliations
[1
]
Global Antibiotics Research and Development Partnership (GARDP), Drugs for Neglected
Diseases initiative, (DNDi, ), Geneva, Switzerland
[2
]
World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland
[3
]
Regional STD Teaching, Training & Research Centre, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New
Delhi, India
[4
]
Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
[5
]
National Center for STD Control, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union
Medical College Institute of Dermatology, Nanjing, China
[6
]
STD Branch, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
[7
]
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
[8
]
Centre for HIV & Sexually Transmitted Infections, National Institute for Communicable
Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa
[9
]
University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
[10
]
World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Sexually Transmitted Diseases,
South Eastern Area Laboratory Services, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia
[11
]
Western Sydney Sexual Health Centre, Parramatta, NSW, Australia, and Marie Bashir
Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity & Sydney Medical School-Westmead,
University of Sydney, Westmead, Australia
[12
]
Skin & GU Medicine Clinic, Harare, Zimbabwe
[13
]
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta,
Georgia, United States of America, and Laboratories of Bacterial Pathogenesis, VA
Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America
[14
]
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University, Atlanta,
Georgia, United States of America
[15
]
World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Gonorrhoea and other STIs, Örebro
University, Örebro, Sweden
Author notes
We have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following
competing interests: EWH has received grant support/research materials from US Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, Hologic, Becton
Dickinson, Cepheid, Roche Molecular, and Cempra; and has acted as a consultant for
Astra Zeneca (Entasis), and GlaxoSmithKline. DAL has provided an external consultancy
service for GlaxoSmithKline with respect to gonorrhoea management. KW has received
research funds from Melinta and GlaxoSmithKline.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PMEDICINE-D-17-01131
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002366
PMC ID: 5528252
PubMed ID: 28746372
SO-VID: 73fc0943-19a7-4913-99b6-78fef5fd73ed
License:
This is an open access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced,
distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any
lawful purpose. The work is made available under the
Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication.
The authors received no specific funding for this work.
Subject:
Essay
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Urology
Subject:
Genitourinary Infections
Subject:
Gonorrhea
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Infectious Diseases
Subject:
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Subject:
Gonorrhea
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Microbiology
Subject:
Microbial Control
Subject:
Antimicrobial Resistance
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pharmacology
Subject:
Antimicrobial Resistance
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pharmacology
Subject:
Drugs
Subject:
Antimicrobials
Subject:
Antibiotics
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Microbiology
Subject:
Microbial Control
Subject:
Antimicrobials
Subject:
Antibiotics
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pharmaceutics
Subject:
Drug Therapy
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pharmacology
Subject:
Drug Research and Development
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Microbiology
Subject:
Medical Microbiology
Subject:
Microbial Pathogens
Subject:
Bacterial Pathogens
Subject:
Neisseria Gonorrhoeae
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Subject:
Pathogens
Subject:
Microbial Pathogens
Subject:
Bacterial Pathogens
Subject:
Neisseria Gonorrhoeae
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Bacteria
Subject:
Neisseria
Subject:
Neisseria Gonorrhoeae
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pharmacology
Subject:
Drugs
Subject:
Antimicrobials
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Microbiology
Subject:
Microbial Control
Subject:
Antimicrobials
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Health Care
Subject:
Health Care Policy
Subject:
Treatment Guidelines
