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Title: Resistance to Ceftriaxone and Azithromycin in Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolates From 7 Countries of South America and the Caribbean: 2010-2011
Authors: Thakur, Sidharath Dev 
Araya, Pamela 
Borthagaray, Graciela 
Galarza, Patricia G. 
Hernandez, Alina Llop 
Payares, Daisy 
Sanabria Cruz, Olga Marina 
Carvallo, Maria Elena Trigoso 
Corredor, Aura Helena 
Dillon, Jo-Anne R 
Keywords: Neisseria gonorrhoeae;Neisseria
Issue Date: 2017
Publisher: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Journal: Sexually transmitted diseases 
Abstract: 
Seven countries in Latin America and the Caribbean report on (2010 and 2011) the susceptibility of 2235 isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to 6 antibiotics. Thirteen isolates had ceftriaxone minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of 0.125 to ≥ 0.25 mg/L. The percentage of resistant isolates to the following antibiotics was: azithromycin, 1.0% to 1.7%; ciprofloxacin, 42.1% to 36.2%; penicillin, 31% to 35%; tetracycline, 21.8% to 22.6%.
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Fil: Thakur, Sidharath Dev. Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine; Estados Unidos.

Fil: Araya, Pamela. Instituto de Salud Publica de Chile, Santiago; Chile.

Fil: Borthagaray, Graciela. Faculdad de Quimica, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo; Uruguay.

Fil: Galarza, Patricia. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas; Argentina.

Fil: Hernandez, Alina Llop. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Medicina Tropical; Argentina.

Fil: Payares, Daisy. Instituto Nacional Higiene "Rafael Rangel", Caracas; Venezuela.

Fil: Sanabria Cruz, Olga Marina. Instituto National de Salud, Bogota; Colombia.

Fil: Carvallo, Maria Elena Trigoso. Centro Departmental de Vigilancia Information y Referencia, CDVIR La Paz; Bolivia.

Fil: Corredor, Aura Helena. Vaccine and infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Center, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan; Canada.

Fil: Dillon, Jo-Anne R. Vaccine and infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Center, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan; Canada.
URI: https://europepmc.org/article/med/28178114
http://sgc.anlis.gob.ar/handle/123456789/2190
ISSN: 1537-4521
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000587
Rights: Open Access
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