High prevalence of ciprofloxacin-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Northern Taiwan.

Hsueh, Po-Ren; Tseng, Sung-Pin; Teng, Lee-Jene; Ho, Shen-Wu · Clin Infect Dis · 2005

case_series · Level IV

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Abstract

Among 55 preserved isolates collected in northern Taiwan from 1999 through 2003, ciprofloxacin resistance (minimum inhibitory concentration, >or=1 microg/mL) was found in 1 (25%) of 4 isolates obtained in 1999-2000 and in 27 (93.1%) of 29 isolates obtained in 2003. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis indicated that several clones predominated among the ciprofloxacin-resistant isolates.

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