| Literature DB >> 27736753 |
Manju Bala1, Vikram Singh2,3, Aradhana Bhargava2, Monika Kakran2, Naveen Chandra Joshi2, Ravi Bhatnagar3.
Abstract
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of 258 Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates by Etest determined that 60.1% were multidrug resistant (MDR), while 5% of the strains had decreased susceptibility to currently recommended extended-spectrum cephalosporins (ESCs). Among these, 84.5% of MDR strains and 76.9% of strains that had decreased susceptibility to ESCs were susceptible to gentamicin. No MDR isolate was resistant to gentamicin. These in vitro results suggest that gentamicin might be an effective treatment option for the MDR strains and in dual therapy for gonorrhea. However, further research regarding the clinical treatment outcomes is essential.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27736753 PMCID: PMC5119040 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01907-16
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191