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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Dis. 2023 Jan 13;50(5):317–319. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001769

Table 1.

Recent antibiotic exposures and risk factors for tetracycline antimicrobial resistance among 50 female participants in Kenya found to have N. gonorrhoeae infection in the Partners PrEP Study, 2008–2012

Characteristics tet(M) Negative N = 2 tet(M) Positive N = 48*
Prior diagnosis of vaginal discharge 1 (50%) 11 (23%)
Prior diagnosis of Cervicitis 2 (100%) 3 (6.3%)
Prior diagnosis of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease 2 (100%) 5 (10%)
Prior diagnosis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae 0 (0%) 14 (29%)
Prior diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis 0 (0%) 1 (2.1%)
Taking prophylactic trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole 2 (100%) 47 (98%)
Recent treatment with doxycycline (<1 month) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
*

All 48 tet(M) Positive samples were American variant of the tet(M) gene