Gonorrhea, the second most commonly reported notifiable disease, is an important cause of
cervicitis, urethritis, and pelvic inflammatory disease. The selection of appropriate therapy for …

Increasing population mobility and increasing frequency and variety of sexually transmitted
infections (STI) are closely linked around the globe. Although all mobile populations are at …

The present article describes the laboratory diagnosis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae by culturing
of the organism from different types of clinical specimens followed by confirmatory tests. The …

The most common site of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection is the urogenital tract. Men with
this infection may experience dysuria with penile discharge, and women may have mild …

Background: Canada conducts surveillance of penicillin, tetracycline, erythromycin,
spectinomycin, ciprofloxacin, cefixime, and ceftriaxone susceptibilities in Neisseria …

Objective: The objective of this study was to ascertain the antimicrobial susceptibility of
Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from 6 South American and 13 Caribbean countries …

Many pathogenic bacteria cause local infections but occasionally invade into the blood
stream, often with fatal outcome. Very little is known about the mechanism underlying the …

The increasing prevalence of ciprofloxacin-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae has required
replacing inexpensive oral ciprofloxacin treatment with more expensive injectable …

Among 55 preserved isolates collected in northern Taiwan from 1999 through 2003,
ciprofloxacin resistance (minimum inhibitory concentration,⩾ 1 µg/mL) was found in 1 (25%) …

Background Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonococcus) is the etiologic agent for the sexually
transmitted Infection gonorrhea, a disease with a significant global public health impact. The …