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One year of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates in Sweden : the prevalence study of antibiotic susceptibility shows relation to the geographic area of exposure
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- Berglund, Torsten (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Unemo, Magnus, 1970- (author)
- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Örebro Medical Centre Hospital, Örebro, Sweden
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- Olcén, Per, 1943- (author)
- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Örebro Medical Centre Hospital, Örebro, Sweden
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- Giesecke, Johan (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Fredlund, Hans, 1952- (author)
- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Örebro Medical Centre Hospital, Örebro, Sweden and Unit for Infectious Disease Control, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Örebro Medical Centre Hospital, Örebro, Sweden
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- 2016-06-25
- 2002
- English.
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In: International Journal of STD and AIDS (London). - : SAGE Publications. - 0956-4624 .- 1758-1052. ; 13:2, s. 109-114
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- The aim of this study was to compare epidemiological data with antibiotic susceptibility patterns, so as to characterize the risk of infection with a highly resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae strain. N. gonorrhoeae strains isolated in Sweden from February 1998 through January 1999 were tested for antibiotic susceptibility. Epidemiological data were received from each clinician reporting a case of gonorrhoea and these data were linked to the N. gonorrhoeae strains. A total of 348 N. gonorrhoeae isolates, representing 89% of all Swedish cases diagnosed during the 12-month period, were tested for antibiotic susceptibility. Of all isolates, 24% were β-lactamase-producing, and 18% had decreased susceptibility to ciprofloxacin (MIC>0.064 mg/l). All isolates were fully susceptible to ceftriaxone and spectinomycin. More than 99% of the isolates were fully susceptible to azithromycin. The antibiotic susceptibility varied with the places where patients were exposed to infection. When exposed in Asia, 63% of the isolates showed reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin, compared with 0-8.5% of the isolates from patients exposed in other places (RR=8.5, P<0.001). Ciprofloxacin cannot be recommended as the first choice of treatment if the place of exposure was in Asia.
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