Antimicrobial susceptibility testing, auxotyping, and serotyping of Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains isolated in India

Sixty-four Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains isolated from patients attending sexually transmitted disease clinics at Pune and Delhi between January 2007 and June 2008, were subjected to antimicrobial susceptibility testing, auxotyping, and serotyping. We observed 6 antibiotic resistance patterns, 6 aux...

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Published inSexually transmitted diseases Vol. 39; no. 3; p. 188
Main Authors Kulkarni, Sangeeta, Bala, Manju, Risbud, Arun
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.03.2012
Subjects
Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology
Bacterial Typing Techniques - methods
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Female
Gonorrhea - microbiology
Humans
India
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Neisseria gonorrhoeae - classification
Neisseria gonorrhoeae - drug effects
Neisseria gonorrhoeae - isolation & purification
Serotyping
India
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Summary:Sixty-four Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains isolated from patients attending sexually transmitted disease clinics at Pune and Delhi between January 2007 and June 2008, were subjected to antimicrobial susceptibility testing, auxotyping, and serotyping. We observed 6 antibiotic resistance patterns, 6 auxotypes, 3 serogroups, and 17 serovars. The combination of auxotyping and serotyping is a potential useful method for typing N. gonorrhoeae as a result of high discriminatory index, rapidity, ease, and relatively lower cost.
ISSN:1537-4521
DOI:10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3182389a24