P5.095 Cefixime Treatment Failure in Infections with Cefixime Susceptible N. Gonorrhoea Strains
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Gonorrhoea treatment failures to cefixime and azithromycin in England, 2010.
Successful treatment of gonorrhoea is the mainstay of public health control. Cefixime and ceftriaxone, highly active third generation cephalosporins, are today the recommended first-line agents in most countries and azithromycin is a second-line agent. However, there is increasing evidence of decreasing susceptibility and emergence of therapeutic failures. In this report two cases of clinical f...
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OBJECTIVES There is a need for new or alternative antimicrobial agents for the treatment of gonorrhoea as antimicrobial resistance emerges to current therapies. The aim was to investigate the activity of ertapenem against isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae with decreased susceptibility to cefixime. METHODS A panel of 52 clinical isolates and 10 control strains of N. gonorrhoeae were selected t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sexually Transmitted Infections
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1368-4973,1472-3263
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051184.1139