Resistance to Ceftriaxone and Azithromycin in Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolates From 7 Countries of South America and the Caribbean: 2010-2011.
Seven countries in Latin America and the Caribbean report on (2010 and 2011) the susceptibility of 2235 isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to 6 antibiotics. Thirteen isolates had ceftriaxone minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of 0.125 to ≥ 0.25 mg/L. The percentage of resistant isolates to the following antibiotics was: azithromycin, 1.0% to 1.7%; ciprofloxacin, 42.1% to 36.2%; penicillin, 31% to 35%; tetracycline, 21.8% to 22.6%.
From the *Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, †Vaccine and infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Center, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, Canada; ‡Instituto de Salud Publica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; §Faculdad de Quimica, Universidad de la Republica, Montivideo, Uruguay; ¶Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas-ANLIS "Dr Carlos Malbrán", Buenos Aires, Argentina; ∥Instituto de Medicina Tropical "Pedro Kouri", Ministerio Salud Publica, Habana, Cuba; **Instituto Nacional Higiene 'Rafael Rangel', Caracas, Venezuela; ††Instituto National de Salud, Bogota, Colombia; and ‡‡Centro Departmental de Vigilancia Information y Referencia, CDVIR La Paz, Bolivia.
Sidharath Dev
SD
Thakur
Pamela
P
Araya
Graciela
G
Borthagaray
Patricia
P
Galarza
Alina Llop
AL
Hernandez
Daisy
D
Payares
Olga Marina
OM
Sanabria Cruz
Maria Elena Trigoso
ME
Carvallo
Aura Helena
AH
Corredor
Jo-Anne R
JR
Dillon
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017963:Azithromycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017691:Caribbean Region; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial / Q000187:drug effects*; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010406:Penicillins / Q000494:pharmacology; D013020:South America; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000494:pharmacology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D010406:Penicillins; D002939:Ciprofloxacin; D002443:Ceftriaxone; D017963:Azithromycin; D013752:Tetracycline