TABLE 2.

Characteristics of French N. gonorrhoeae isolates associated with main NG-MAST sequence types

ST	Total no. of isolates	Isolate groupa	No. of isolates	Serotype	Geographic originb	Antibiotic susceptibility phenotypec	Antibiotic susceptibility tod:
							Penicillin	β-Lactamase	Tetracycline	Ciprofloxacin	Ceftriaxone	Spectinomycin	Erythromycin
225	16	I	12	B	Paris + OR	4	I	Negative	I or R	hR	rS	S	S
		I	2	B	Paris + OR	3	S or I	Negative	I	S	S	S	S
		II	2	B	Paris	4	I	Negative	R	hR	rS	S	S
1479	9	I	4	A	Paris + OR	1	R	Positive	hR	I or R	S	S	S
		I	2	A	Paris + OR	2	I	Negative	hR	I	S	S	S
		I	2	B	Paris + OR	2	I	Negative	hR	R	S	S	S
		II	1	A	Paris	1	R	Positive	hR	I	S	S	S
880	4	I	2	B	Paris + OR	4	I or R	Negative	R	hR	rS	S	S
		II	2	B	Paris + OR	4	I	Negative	R	hR	rS	S	S
26	3	I	2	B	Paris	3	I or S	Negative	I	S	S	S	S
		II	1	B	Paris	3	I	Negative	I	S	S	S	S
437	3	I	3	B	Paris + OR	4	I or R	Negative	R	R	rS	S	S
975	3	I	3	A	Paris + OR	3	S or I	Negative	S	S	S	S	S
1986	3	I	2	B	Paris + OR	3	S	Negative	S	S	S	S	S
		I	1	B		4	I	Negative	R	hR	rS	S	S
2	2	I	1	A	Paris	3	S	Negative	S	S	S	S	S
		I	1	B	OR	3	I	Negative	S	S	S	S	S
211	2	I	2	A	Paris + OR	1	R	Positive	hR	R	S	S	S
292	2	II	1	B	Paris	6	I	Negative	I	R	S	S	S
		II	1	B	Paris	4	I	Negative	R	hR	rS	S	S
359	2	II	2	B	Paris	3	S	Negative	I	S	S	S	S
1813	2	II	2	B	Paris	3	I	Negative	I	S	S	S	S
1987	2	I	1	A	Paris	3	S	Negative	S	S	S	S	S
		I	1	B	Paris	3	I	Negative	I	S	S	S	S

^aAs defined in Materials and Methods.

^bParis, Paris and its surroundings; OR, other regions outside Paris and its surroundings.

^cAs described in Table 1.

^dS, susceptible; I, intermediate; R, resistant; hR, high level of resistance (tetracycline MIC, ≥16 mg/liter; ciprofloxacin MIC, ≥32 mg/liter); rS, reduced susceptibility (ceftriaxone MIC, ≥0.012 and ≤0.032 mg/liter.