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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2002, p. 2037-2040, Vol. 40, No. 6
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.6.2037-2040.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolated in Bangladesh (1997 to 1999): Rapid Shift to Fluoroquinolone Resistance

Motiur Rahman,1* Zafar Sultan,1 Shirajum Monira,1 Ashraful Alam,2 Khairun Nessa,1 Sonia Islam,3 Shamsun Nahar,1 Shama-A-Waris,1 Shahnewaz Alam Khan,4 Jozef Bogaerts,1 Nazrul Islam,3 and John Albert1

International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh,1 Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag,3 Concern Bangladesh, Dhaka,4 M. A. G. Osmani Medical College, Sylhet, Bangladesh2

Received 21 November 2001/ Returned for modification 9 March 2002/ Accepted 24 March 2002

Periodic monitoring of antimicrobial susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae is essential for early detection of emergence of drug resistance. A total of 343 gonococcal strains isolated from high-risk and general populations in Bangladesh from 1997 to 1999 were studied. The MICs of penicillin, tetracycline, ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone, and spectinomycin for the isolates were determined by the agar dilution method. Of the isolates from 1997, 9% were resistant (MIC >= 1.0 µg/ml) to ciprofloxacin, while 41 and 49% of the isolates from 1998 and 1999, respectively, were resistant to ciprofloxacin. Of the N. gonorrhoeae isolates from 1998 and 1999, 1.2 and 3.6%, respectively, both were penicillinase producing and displayed plasmid-mediated tetracycline resistance.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratory Sciences Division, ICDDR, B, GPO Box-128, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh. Phone: 880-2-8811751-60. Fax: 880-2-8812529. E-mail: motiur{at}icddrb.org.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2002, p. 2037-2040, Vol. 40, No. 6
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.6.2037-2040.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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