Antibiotic Susceptibility Monitoring of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Bacolod City, Philippines.

Autor:	Araneta CMP; Medical Technology Program, Colegio San Agustin, Bacolod City 6100, Philippines. cmaraneta1996@gmail.com., Juayang AC; Medical Technology Program, Colegio San Agustin, Bacolod City 6100, Philippines. alainjuayang@yahoo.com.; Pathology Department, Dr. Pablo O. Torre Memorial Hospital, Bacolod City 6100, Philippines. alainjuayang@yahoo.com., Lim JPT; Pathology Department, Dr. Pablo O. Torre Memorial Hospital, Bacolod City 6100, Philippines. djozip@gmail.com., Quilop EMG; Pathology Department, Dr. Pablo O. Torre Memorial Hospital, Bacolod City 6100, Philippines. eezaquilop@yahoo.com., Casaysay NJG; Medical Technology Program, Colegio San Agustin, Bacolod City 6100, Philippines. nadinejoycasaysay@gmail.com., Tamesis GML; Medical Technology Program, Colegio San Agustin, Bacolod City 6100, Philippines. genemarietamesis@gmail.com., Yude TMG; Medical Technology Program, Colegio San Agustin, Bacolod City 6100, Philippines. triciayude@yahoo.com., Romero SJE; Medical Technology Program, Colegio San Agustin, Bacolod City 6100, Philippines. sweetiepieapplepie@gmail.com., Gayoba RC; Medical Technology Program, Colegio San Agustin, Bacolod City 6100, Philippines. razgayoba2427@gmail.com.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Tropical medicine and infectious disease [Trop Med Infect Dis] 2017 Aug 29; Vol. 2 (3). Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Aug 29.
DOI:	10.3390/tropicalmed2030045
Abstrakt:	A local study was conducted to monitor the antibiotic susceptibility of N. gonorrhoeae in Bacolod City, Philippines. A total of 88 isolates were taken during the period of 1 January 2015 to 30 June 2017, from male patients ages 12 to 72 years. The highest incidence of gonorrhea infection was in the group aged 20⁻24 years (34.09%). The susceptibility pattern to antibiotics was as follows: ceftriaxone 100%, cefixime 82.6%, spectinomycin 92.1%, ciprofloxacin 4.9%, tetracycline 5.1%, and penicillin G with 0%. All isolates were noted to produce beta-lactamase, which can be attributed to plasmid-mediated penicillin resistance. These findings indicate that the resistance rates of N. gonorrhoeae to most commonly-used antibiotics are increasing, and that ceftriaxone remains an effective antibiotic in treating gonorrhea infections locally. Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict, nor does competing interest exist.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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