TABLE 2.
Ciprofloxacin susceptibility patterns of different phenotypic categories of N. gonorrhoeae isolated from 1997 to 1999
| Isolation yr | Susceptibility | No (%) of isolates belonging to indicated phenotype(s)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPNG | TRNG | PPNG-TRNG | CMRNGPT | CMRNGP | CMRNGT | Penicillin and/or tetra- cycline susceptible | ||
| 1997 | Susceptible (n = 111) | 16 (14.4) | 8 (7.2) | 0 (0) | 23 (20.7) | 7 (6.3) | 30 (27.0) | 27 (24) |
| Intermediate (n = 14) | 6 (42.9) | 1 (7.1) | 0 (0) | 6 (42.9) | 0 (0) | 1 (7.1) | 0 (0) | |
| Resistant (n = 12) | 0 (0) | 1 (8.3) | 0 (0) | 4 (33.3) | 2 (16.7) | 3 (25) | 2 (16.7) | |
| 1998 | Susceptible (n = 37) | 3 (8.1) | 7 (18.9) | 0 (0) | 12 (32.4) | 2 (5.4) | 8 (21.6) | 5 (13.5) |
| Intermediate (n = 6) | 2 (33.3) | 2 (33.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (16.7) | 1 (16.7) | |
| Resistant (n = 30) | 1 (3.6) | 1 (3.6) | 1 (3.6) | 11 (39.3) | 3 (10.7) | 10 (35.7) | 3 (10) | |
| 1999 | Susceptible (n = 64) | 8 (12.5) | 8 (12.5) | 5 (7.8) | 5 (7.8) | 4 (6.3) | 16 (25) | 18 (28.1) |
| Intermediate (n = 6) | 0 (0) | 2 (33.3) | 0 (0) | 1 (16.7) | 1 (16.7) | 0 (0) | 2 (33.3) | |
| Resistant (n = 67) | 3 (4.5) | 14 (20.9) | 0 (0) | 7 (10.4) | 1 (1.5) | 31 (45.6) | 11 (16.4) | |