title: [Epidemiological surveillance of beta-lactamase producing gonococci. I. Auxotyping of 83 strains isolated in France (May 1979-April 1983)].
abstract: Ever since they appeared in France, in 1979, penicillinase-producing gonococci have been isolated with increasing frequency. From May, 1979 to April, 1983, eighty-three strains were studied at the Neisseria laboratory. While new resistances to antibiotics can be studied in any laboratory specialized in clinical bacteriology, tests devised for epidemiological purposes can only be performed in a specialized laboratory. This is the case with auxotyping by the Catlin technique. The distribution of auxotypes in a given region over a given period is fairly regular and some distributions are found in the same geographical areas. The fact that the distribution of auxotypes of 83 penicillinase-producing strains significantly differed from that of 594 strains isolated during the same period clearly shows that these strains are not implanted in France and can be regarded as imported. It is suggested that auxotyping should be used for the epidemiological surveillance of extension or implantation of these strains.
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D010405:Penicillinase / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D010405:Penicillinase
vernacular_title: Surveillance épidémiologique des gonocoques producteurs de bêta-lactamase. I. Auxotypage de 83 souches isolées en France (mai 1979-avril 1983).