Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial resistance among men who have sex with men and men who have sex exclusively with women: the Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project, 2005-2010.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gonorrhea treatment has been complicated by antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Gonococcal fluoroquinolone resistance emerged more rapidly among men who have sex with men (MSM) than men who have sex exclusively with women (MSW).

Objective

To determine whether N. gonorrhoeae urethral isolates from MSM were more likely than isolates from MSW to exhibit resistance to or elevated minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of antimicrobials used to treat gonorrhea.

Design

6 years of surveillance data from the Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project.

Setting

Publicly funded sexually transmitted disease clinics in 30 U.S. cities.

Patients

Men with a total of 34 600 episodes of symptomatic urethral gonorrhea.

Measurements

Percentag

SUBMITTER: Kirkcaldy RD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6697257 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature