Irene Fuertes de Vega1, Carola Baliu-Piqué2, Jordi Bosch Mestres3, Andrea Vergara Gómez3, Xavier Vallés4, Mercè Alsina Gibert2. 1. Department of Dermatology, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: ifuertes@clinic.ub.es. 2. Department of Dermatology, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. 3. Department of Microbiology, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. 4. Institut Català d'Oncologia, Unitat de Biomarcadors i Susceptibilitat, Barcelona, Spain.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: There are very few data available regarding risk factors associated with antibiotic resistant-Neisseria gonorrhoeae. METHODS: A study was conducted on 110 samples from 101 patients with gonococcal infection, in order to describe their characteristics and compare them with the antimicrobial susceptibility profile of their samples. RESULTS: An association was observed between resistant infections and heterosexual men, older age, concurrent sexually transmitted infection, and unsafe sexual behaviors. CONCLUSION: There is a need for improved data on the risk factors associated with antibiotic resistant gonococcal infection in order to identify risk groups, and to propose public health strategies to control this infection.
BACKGROUND: There are very few data available regarding risk factors associated with antibiotic resistant-Neisseria gonorrhoeae. METHODS: A study was conducted on 110 samples from 101 patients with gonococcal infection, in order to describe their characteristics and compare them with the antimicrobial susceptibility profile of their samples. RESULTS: An association was observed between resistant infections and heterosexual men, older age, concurrent sexually transmitted infection, and unsafe sexual behaviors. CONCLUSION: There is a need for improved data on the risk factors associated with antibiotic resistant gonococcal infection in order to identify risk groups, and to propose public health strategies to control this infection.
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