Table 4.
Distribution of the beta-lactamase-encoding and TetM-encoding plasmids among 149 NG samples positives.
| PPNG | Not PPNG | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia plasmid | Toronto plasmid | Asia/Toronto plasmid | Total | ||||
| TRNG category | N (%) | P-value | |||||
| TetM encoding American plasmid | 5 (38.5) | 7 (70.0) | 9 (69.2) | 21 (58.3) | 43 (38.1) | 0.486 | 0.100 |
| TetM encoding Dutch Plasmid | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (7.7) | 1 (2.8) | 4 (3.5) | ||
| No TetM encoding plasmid | 8 (61.5) | 3 (30.0) | 3 (23.1) | 14 (38.9) | 66 (58.4) | 0.041 | |
| TetM encoding plasmid | 5 (38.5) | 7 (70.0) | 10 (76.9) | 22 (61.1) | 47 (41.6) | ||
PPNG, penicillinase-producing N. gonorrhoeae (plasmid-mediated); TRNG, tetracycline resistant N. gonorrhoeae (plasmid-mediated).