Surveillance of antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the WHO Western Pacific Region, 2001

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  • John Tapsall WHO Collaborating Centre for STD and HIV, Department of Microbiology, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW 2031
  • WHO Western Pacific Gonococcal AMR Surveillance Programme Krause WHO Collaborating Centre for STD and HIV, Department of Microbiology, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW 2031

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2002.26.52

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surveillance, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, antimicrobial resistance, gonorrhoea, antibiotics, quinolones, penicillin, spectin, cephalosporin

Abstract

A long-term program of surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated in the World Health Organization's Western Pacific Region (WHO WPR GASP) continued in 2001. Seventeen focal points contributed data on about 10,000 gonococci. Resistance to quinolone and penicillin antibiotics remained widely dispersed and at high levels. Gonococci with decreased susceptibility to third generation cephalosporins were again observed in four centres. Spectinomycin resistance was infrequently encountered. Control of gonorrhoea in the WHO WPR is compromised by the further reduction in options for cheap and effective treatment of gonorrhoea. Commun Dis Intell 2002;26:541-545.

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31/12/02

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Tapsall, John, and WHO Western Pacific Gonococcal AMR Surveillance Programme Krause. 2002. “Surveillance of Antibiotic Resistance in Neisseria Gonorrhoeae in the WHO Western Pacific Region, 2001”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 26 (December):541-45. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2002.26.52.

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