Penicillin-resistant gonococci.

Validity of reports of penicillin-resistant gonococci.

Penicillin sensitivity of gonococci in Ethiopia.

This study was made to determine whether strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae with increased resistance to penicillin were present in Ethiopia. The emergence of such strains elsewhere in the world has been amply noted. This has been associated with an increase in both the number oftreatment failures and the number of reported gonococcal infections. The African continent is thought to share in this ...

Penicillin and cephalosporin resistance in gonococci.

Non-penicillinase producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated at St Mary's Hospital, London were examined for the prevalence of resistance to penicillin and for decreased susceptibility to cefuroxime. Of the 941 non-PPNG tested 100 (10.6%) were resistant to penicillin (minimum inhibitory concentration, MIC, greater than or equal to 1 mg/l) and were considered to be chromosomally-resistant N gonorr...

Antibiotic-resistant gonococci - past, present and future.

Gonorrhoea remains one of the commonest STIs from a global perspective and, left untreated or treated inadequately, may result in serious complications such as epididymo-orchitis and pelvic inflammatory disease and their adverse sequelae. Since the introduction of sulphonamides in the 1930s, the gonococcus has shown itself to be a master of adaptability and has acquired a number of chromosomal ...

Penicillin-resistant Streptococcus Pneumoniae

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of pneumonia, meningitis, septicemia, acute otitis media, and other serious infections, severely affecting infants, young children, and the elderly. In the past, S. pneumoniae was uniformly susceptible to penicillin, which remained the drug of choice for serious infections. However, since the mid-1960s, resistance to penicillin, which was first reported...