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. 2017 Jul 26;14(7):e1002366.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002366. eCollection 2017 Jul.

Multidrug-resistant gonorrhea: A research and development roadmap to discover new medicines

Emilie Alirol  1 , Teodora E Wi  2 , Manju Bala  3 , Maria Luiza Bazzo  4 , Xiang-Sheng Chen  5 , Carolyn Deal  6 , Jo-Anne R Dillon  7 , Ranmini Kularatne  8 , Jutta Heim  1 , Rob Hooft van Huijsduijnen  1 , Edward W Hook  9 , Monica M Lahra  10 , David A Lewis  11 , Francis Ndowa  12 , William M Shafer  13 , Liz Tayler  2 , Kimberly Workowski  14 , Magnus Unemo  15 , Manica Balasegaram  1
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Multidrug-resistant gonorrhea: A research and development roadmap to discover new medicines

Emilie Alirol et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

Emilie Alirol and colleagues discuss the development of new treatments for gonorrhea.

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Conflict of interest statement

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.

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