Remarkable increase in central Japan in 2001-2002 of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates with decreased susceptibility to penicillin, tetracycline, oral cephalosporins, and fluoroquinolones

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2004 Aug;48(8):3185-7. doi: 10.1128/AAC.48.8.3185-3187.2004.

Abstract

Four hundred sixty-two clinical isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae recovered from 1999 through 2002 in central Japan were examined for MICs of antimicrobial agents. The majority was sensitive to ceftriaxone and spectinomycin, but a remarkable increase in isolates with decreased susceptibility to penicillin, tetracycline, oral cephalosporins, and fluoroquinolones was observed from 2001 through 2002.

MeSH terms

  • Cephalosporin Resistance
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Fluoroquinolones / pharmacology
  • Gonorrhea / epidemiology
  • Gonorrhea / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Japan / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae / drug effects*
  • Penicillin Resistance
  • Tetracycline Resistance

Substances

  • Fluoroquinolones