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. 2002 Jun;40(6):2037–2040. doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.6.2037-2040.2002

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)
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)