Beta-lactamase-producing, penicillin-resistant gonococcus.
A gonococcus was isolated from the vagina of a woman with pelvic inflammatory disease. The organism was typical in all respects except that, unlike any previously described gonococcus, it produced a beta-lactamase that conferred resistance to penicillin, ampicillin, and cephaloridine. Among other antibiotics tested streptomycin was the only one to which the organism was resistant.
D000667:Ampicillin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002509:Cephaloridine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005663:Furans / Q000494:pharmacology; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010400:Penicillin G / Q000494:pharmacology; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D010405:Penicillinase / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010406:Penicillins / Q000494:pharmacology*
D002511:Cephalosporins; D005663:Furans; D010406:Penicillins; D000667:Ampicillin; D010405:Penicillinase; D002509:Cephaloridine; D010400:Penicillin G