Risk factors for antimicrobial-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae and characteristics of patients infected with gonorrhea

Abstract

Background: There are very few data available regarding risk factors associated with antibiotic resistant-Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

Methods: A study was conducted on 110 samples from 101 patients with gonococcal infection, in order to describe their characteristics and compare them with the antimicrobial susceptibility profile of their samples.

Results: An association was observed between resistant infections and heterosexual men, older age, concurrent sexually transmitted infection, and unsafe sexual behaviors.

Conclusion: There is a need for improved data on the risk factors associated with antibiotic resistant gonococcal infection in order to identify risk groups, and to propose public health strategies to control this infection.

Keywords: Bacterial sexually transmitted disease; Comportamiento sexual; Drug resistance; Enfermedades bacterianas de transmisión sexual; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Resistencia antibiótica; Sexual behavior.