Title
The U.S. military's Neisseria gonorrhoeae resistance surveillance initiatives in selected populations of five countries.
Date Issued
01 January 2013
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Tsai A.Y.
Dueger E.
Macalino G.E.
Tilley D.H.
Mbuchi M.
Wurapa E.K.
Saylors K.
Duplessis C.C.
Puplampu N.
Garges E.C.
McClelland R.S.
Sanchez J.L.
Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center
Publisher(s)
Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center
Abstract
Multi-drug resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) threatens the successful treatment of gonorrhea. This report presents preliminary findings with regard to the prevalence of laboratory-confirmed GC and the extent of drug-resistance among sample populations in five countries. Between October 2010 and January 2013, 1,694 subjects (54% male; 45% female; 1% unknown) were enrolled and screened for the presence of laboratory-confirmed GC in the United States, Djibouti, Ghana, Kenya, and Peru. Overall, 108 (6%) of enrolled subjects tested positive for GC. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing results were available for 66 GC isolates. Resistance to at least three antibiotics was observed at each overseas site. All isolates tested in Ghana (n=6) were resistant to ciprofloxacin, penicillin, and tetracycline. In Djibouti, preliminary results suggested resistance to penicillin, tetracycline, ciprofloxacin, cefepime, and ceftriaxone. The small sample size and missing data prevent comparative analysis and limit the generalizability of these preliminary findings.
Start page
25
End page
27
Volume
20
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología celular, Microbiología
Enfermedades infecciosas
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84883868725
PubMed ID
Source
MSMR
ISSN of the container
21528217
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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