DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.12.4567-4570.2002
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Figures
- FIG. 1.
Opa types of seven pairs (pre- and post-treatment isolates) of N. gonorrhoeae isolates. Double-headed arrows indicate identical opa types.
Tables
- TABLE 1.
Sexual history of seven women culture positive for N. gonorrhoeae 10 days after ciprofloxacin treatment
Patient Age (yr) Age at coitarche (yr) No. of lifetime sexual partners RFa No. of partners in last month No. of current partners Location of current partners(s) Condom use A 30 15 4 0.25 1 1 Local, separate Never B 23 17 3 0.5 1 1 Local, together Never C 21 20 7 7 1 1 Local, separate Never D 20 15 2 0.4 2 2 (i) 240 km away; (ii) local, separate Occasional E 17 16 2 2 1 1 250 km away Occasional F 21 17 3 0.75 1 1 Local, separate Never G 22 16 3 0.5 1 1 50 km away Never ↵ a RF = number of lifetime sexual partners/(age − age at coitarche).
- TABLE 2.
Drug MIC, presence of β-lactamase, and tetM genes of pre- and post-treatment isolates of N. gonorrhoeae
Patient Isolate no. MIC (mg/liter) of penicillin/β-lactamase MIC (mg/liter) of tetracycline/tetM MIC (mg/liter) of: Spectinomycin Ceftriaxone Ciprofloxacin Ofloxacin A A1 0.125/negative 64/positive 16 ≤0.007 ≤0.007 0.03 A2 0.25/negative 4/negative 8 ≤0.007 ≤0.007 0.015 B B1 1/negative 128/positive 16 ≤0.007 ≤0.007 0.03 B2 1/negative 128/positive 16 ≤0.007 0.125 2 C C1 0.5/negative 32/positive 16 ≤0.007 ≤0.007 ≤0.007 C2 0.5/negative 16/positive 16 ≤0.007 ≤0.007 0.015 D D1 8/positive 32/positive 16 ≤0.007 ≤0.007 ≤0.007 D2 4/positive 32/positive 16 ≤0.007 ≤0.007 0.015 E E1 0.5/negative 2/negative 16 ≤0.007 ≤0.007 0.015 E2 1/negative 1/negative 16 ≤0.007 ≤0.007 0.03 F F1 0.25/negative 32/positive 32 ≤0.007 ≤0.007 0.015 F2 0.25/negative 32/positive 16 ≤0.007 ≤0.007 0.015 G G1 0.25/negative 16/positive 16 ≤0.007 ≤0.007 ≤0.007 G2 0.25/negative 32/positive 16 ≤0.007 ≤0.007 0.015 - TABLE 3.
Comparison of pre- and post-treatment N. gonorrhoeae isolates from seven women by four typing methods
Patient Isolate no. Result of typing system: Identical isolates Antibiogram Auxotypea Serotype opa type A A1 Different NR IA-6 Different No A2 PRO IB-2 B B1 Different ARG IA-6 Different No B2 NR IB-7 C C1 Same NR IB-8 Different No C2 NR IB-3 D D1 Same NR A-NT Same Yes D2 NR A-NT E E1 Same PRO IB-3 Different No E2 PRO IB-3 F F1 Same NR IB-3 Different No F2 NR IB-6 G G1 Same NR IB-3 Different No G2 NR IA-6 ↵ a NR, not requiring; PRO, proline requiring; ARG, arginine requiring.
