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. 2014 Jul 16;59(8):1083–1091. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu521

Table 3.

Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Pretreatment Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolates Collected From Participants in the Per Protocol Analysis (n = 421)a

Antimicrobial MIC50, µg/mL MIC90, µg/mL Range, µg/mL Percentage at or Above MIC Breakpoint MIC Breakpoint for Resistance or Elevated MICs, µg/mL
Azithromycin 0.25 0.5 0.03–16 0.5 ≥2.0
Cefixime 0.015 0.06 0.001–1.0 1.4 ≥0.25
Ceftriaxone 0.008 0.03 0.001–0.125 1.2 ≥0.125
Ciprofloxacin 0.004 8.0 0.002–32.0 24.5 ≥1.0
Gemifloxacin 0.004 2 0.001–8.0 17.1 ≥1.0
Gentamicin 4 8 0.002–16 0 ≥32.0
Penicillin 0.5 4 0.004–64 23.0 ≥2.0
Tetracycline 0.5 16 0.03–>32 24.2 ≥2.0

Abbreviations: MIC, minimum inhibitory concentration; MIC50, minimum inhibitory concentration required to inhibit growth of 50% of organisms; MIC90, minimum inhibitory concentration required to inhibit growth of 90% of organisms.

a Three hundred ninety-six participants provided a total of 421 isolates (participants with genital and extragenital infections may have contributed >1 pretreatment isolate).