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Liao Y, Xie Q, Yin X, Li X, Xie J, Wu X, Tang S, Liu M, Zeng L, Pan Y, Yang J, Feng Z, Qin X, Zheng H. penA profile of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Guangdong, China: Novel penA alleles are related to decreased susceptibility to ceftriaxone or cefixime. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2024; 63:107101. [PMID: 38325722 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2024.107101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Revised: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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BACKGROUND Resistance to extended-spectrum cephalosporins (ESCs) has become a public health concern with the spread of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and increasing antimicrobial resistance. Mutation of penA, encoding penicillin-binding protein 2, represents a mechanism of ESC resistance. This study sought to assess penA alleles and mutations associated with decreased susceptibility (DS) to ESCs in N. gonorrhoeae. MATERIALS AND METHODS In 2021, 347 gonococci were collected in Guangdong, China. Minimum inhibitory concentations (MICs) of ceftriaxone and cefixime were determined, and whole-genome sequencing and phylogenetic analysis were performed. Multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) and conventional resistance determinants such as penA, mtrR, PonA and PorB were analysed. penA was genotyped and sequence-aligned using PubMLST. RESULTS Genome-wide phylogenetic analysis revealed that the prevalence of DS to ESCs was highest in Clade 11.1 (100.0%), Clade 2 (66.7%) and Clade 0 (55.7%), and the leading cause was strains with penA-60.001 or new penA alleles in clades. The penA phylogenetic tree is divided into two branches: non-mosaic penA and mosaic penA. The latter contained penA-60.001, penA-10 and penA-34. penA profile analysis indicated that A311V and T483S are closely related to DS to ESCs in mosaic penA. The new alleles NEIS1753_2840 and NEIS1753_2837 are closely related to penA-60.001, with DS to ceftriaxone and cefixime of 100%. NEIS1753_2660, a derivative of penA-10 (A486V), has increased DS to ceftriaxone. NEIS1753_2846, a derivative of penA-34.007 (G546S), has increased DS to cefixime. CONCLUSION This study identified critical penA alleles related to elevated MICs, and trends of gonococcus-evolved mutated penA associated with DS to ESCs in Guangdong.
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- Yiwen Liao
- Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, Jiang Xi, China
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- Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Sexually Transmitted Disease Control, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Sexually Transmitted Disease Control, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
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Allan-Blitz LT, Adamson PC, Klausner JD. Resistance-Guided Therapy for Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Clin Infect Dis 2022; 75:1655-1660. [PMID: 35818315 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Antimicrobial-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections are a threat to public health. Novel strategies for combating such resistance include the development of molecular assays to facilitate real-time prediction of antimicrobial susceptibility. Resistance to ciprofloxacin is determined by the presence of a single mutation at codon 91 of the gyrase A gene; molecular assays to guide therapy are commercially available. Resistance to cefixime is conferred via 1 of 6 critical mutations in either the mosaic penA gene or specific loci in the nonmosaic region. Resistance to ceftriaxone is conferred through mutations in 1 of 4 genes: penA, ponA, penB, and mtr; however, the ability to predict reduced susceptibility based on those genes varies by geographic region. Here, we highlight the work done toward the development of 3 such assays for ciprofloxacin, cefixime, and ceftriaxone, discuss the status of our current understanding and ongoing challenges, and suggest future directions.
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- Lao-Tzu Allan-Blitz
- Division of Global Health Equity, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Sánchez-Busó L, Yeats CA, Taylor B, Goater RJ, Underwood A, Abudahab K, Argimón S, Ma KC, Mortimer TD, Golparian D, Cole MJ, Grad YH, Martin I, Raphael BH, Shafer WM, Town K, Wi T, Harris SR, Unemo M, Aanensen DM. A community-driven resource for genomic epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance prediction of Neisseria gonorrhoeae at Pathogenwatch. Genome Med 2021; 13:61. [PMID: 33875000 PMCID: PMC8054416 DOI: 10.1186/s13073-021-00858-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) Neisseria gonorrhoeae is an urgent threat to public health, as strains resistant to at least one of the two last-line antibiotics used in empiric therapy of gonorrhoea, ceftriaxone and azithromycin, have spread internationally. Whole genome sequencing (WGS) data can be used to identify new AMR clones and transmission networks and inform the development of point-of-care tests for antimicrobial susceptibility, novel antimicrobials and vaccines. Community-driven tools that provide an easy access to and analysis of genomic and epidemiological data is the way forward for public health surveillance. METHODS Here we present a public health-focussed scheme for genomic epidemiology of N. gonorrhoeae at Pathogenwatch ( https://pathogen.watch/ngonorrhoeae ). An international advisory group of experts in epidemiology, public health, genetics and genomics of N. gonorrhoeae was convened to inform on the utility of current and future analytics in the platform. We implement backwards compatibility with MLST, NG-MAST and NG-STAR typing schemes as well as an exhaustive library of genetic AMR determinants linked to a genotypic prediction of resistance to eight antibiotics. A collection of over 12,000 N. gonorrhoeae genome sequences from public archives has been quality-checked, assembled and made public together with available metadata for contextualization. RESULTS AMR prediction from genome data revealed specificity values over 99% for azithromycin, ciprofloxacin and ceftriaxone and sensitivity values around 99% for benzylpenicillin and tetracycline. A case study using the Pathogenwatch collection of N. gonorrhoeae public genomes showed the global expansion of an azithromycin-resistant lineage carrying a mosaic mtr over at least the last 10 years, emphasising the power of Pathogenwatch to explore and evaluate genomic epidemiology questions of public health concern. CONCLUSIONS The N. gonorrhoeae scheme in Pathogenwatch provides customised bioinformatic pipelines guided by expert opinion that can be adapted to public health agencies and departments with little expertise in bioinformatics and lower-resourced settings with internet connection but limited computational infrastructure. The advisory group will assess and identify ongoing public health needs in the field of gonorrhoea, particularly regarding gonococcal AMR, in order to further enhance utility with modified or new analytic methods.
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- Leonor Sánchez-Busó
- Centre for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance, Big Data Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK.
- Genomics and Health Area, Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research in the Valencian Community (FISABIO-Public Health), Valencia, Spain.
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- Centre for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance, Big Data Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK
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- Centre for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance, Big Data Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK
- Centre for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK
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- Centre for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK
- European Molecular Biology Lab, Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
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- Centre for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK
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- Centre for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK
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- Centre for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Gonorrhoea and Other STIs, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- National Infection Service, Public Health England, London, UK
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Division of STD prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Emory Antibiotic Resistance Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
- Laboratories of Bacterial Pathogenesis, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA, USA
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- Division of STD prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of the Global HIV, Hepatitis and STI Programmes, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Microbiotica, Biodata Innovation Centre, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK
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- World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Gonorrhoea and Other STIs, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Centre for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance, Big Data Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK.
- Centre for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK.
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Trembizki E, Wand H, Donovan B, Chen M, Fairley CK, Freeman K, Guy R, Kaldor JM, Lahra MM, Lawrence A, Lau C, Pearson J, Regan DG, Ryder N, Smith H, Stevens K, Su JY, Ward J, Whiley DM. The Molecular Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Australia: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study, 2012. Clin Infect Dis 2016; 63:1591-1598. [PMID: 27682063 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2016] [Accepted: 09/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by Neisseria gonorrhoeae is considered a serious global threat. METHODS In this nationwide study, we used MassARRAY iPLEX genotyping technology to examine the epidemiology of N. gonorrhoeae and associated AMR in the Australian population. All available N. gonorrhoeae isolates (n = 2452) received from Australian reference laboratories from January to June 2012 were included in the study. Genotypic data were combined with phenotypic AMR information to define strain types. RESULTS A total of 270 distinct strain types were observed. The 40 most common strain types accounted for over 80% of isolates, and the 10 most common strain types accounted for almost half of all isolates. The high male to female ratios (>94% male) suggested that at least 22 of the top 40 strain types were primarily circulating within networks of men who have sex with men (MSM). Particular strain types were also concentrated among females: two strain types accounted for 37.5% of all isolates from females. Isolates harbouring the mosaic penicillin binding protein 2 (PBP2)-considered a key mechanism for cephalosporin resistance-comprised 8.9% of all N. gonorrhoeae isolates and were primarily observed in males (95%). CONCLUSIONS This large scale epidemiological investigation demonstrated that N. gonorrhoeae infections are dominated by relatively few strain types. The commonest strain types were concentrated in MSM in urban areas and Indigenous heterosexuals in remote areas, and we were able to confirm a resurgent epidemic in heterosexual networks in urban areas. The prevalence of mosaic PBP2 harboring N. gonorrhoeae strains highlight the ability for new N. gonorrhoeae strains to spread and become established across populations.
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- Ella Trembizki
- UQ Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane
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- Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia, Sydney.,Sydney Sexual Health Centre, Sydney Hospital, New South Wales
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- Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, Carlton.,Central Clinical School Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria
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- Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, Carlton.,Central Clinical School Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria
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- Microbiology Laboratory, Pathology Department, Royal Darwin Hospital, Northern Territory
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for STD, Microbiology Department, South Eastern Area Laboratory Services, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales
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- Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia
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- Department of Global Health, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
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- PathWest Laboratory Medicine-WA, Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia
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- Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia, Sydney.,HNE Sexual Health, Hunter New England Local Health District, New South Wales
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- Public Health Microbiology, Communicable Disease, Queensland Health Forensic and Scientific Services, Archerfield
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- Microbiological Diagnostic Unit, Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Victoria
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- Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Unit, Centre for Disease Control, Darwin, Northern Territory
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- South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, South Australia
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- UQ Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane.,Pathology Queensland Central Laboratory, Herston, Australia
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Harrison OB, Clemence M, Dillard JP, Tang CM, Trees D, Grad YH, Maiden MCJ. Genomic analyses of Neisseria gonorrhoeae reveal an association of the gonococcal genetic island with antimicrobial resistance. J Infect 2016; 73:578-587. [PMID: 27575582 PMCID: PMC5127880 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2016.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2016] [Revised: 08/18/2016] [Accepted: 08/20/2016] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) threatens our ability to treat the sexually transmitted bacterial infection gonorrhoea. The increasing availability of whole genome sequence (WGS) data from Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates, however, provides us with an opportunity in which WGS can be mined for AMR determinants. METHODS Chromosomal and plasmid genes implicated in AMR were catalogued on the PubMLST Neisseria database (http://pubmlst.org/neisseria). AMR genotypes were identified in WGS from 289 gonococci for which MICs against several antimicrobial compounds had been determined. Whole genome comparisons were undertaken using whole genome MLST (wgMLST). RESULTS Clusters of isolates with distinct AMR genotypes were apparent following wgMLST analysis consistent with the occurrence of genome wide genetic variation. This included the presence of the gonococcal genetic island (GGI), a type 4 secretion system shown to increase recombination and for which possession was significantly associated with AMR to multiple antimicrobials. CONCLUSIONS Evolution of the gonococcal genome occurs in response to antimicrobial selective pressure resulting in the formation of distinct N. gonorrhoeae populations evidenced by the wgMLST clusters seen here. Genomic islands offer selective advantages to host bacteria and possession of the GGI may, not only facilitate the spread of AMR in gonococcal populations, but may also confer fitness advantages.
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Buckley C, Trembizki E, Donovan B, Chen M, Freeman K, Guy R, Kundu R, Lahra MM, Regan DG, Smith H, Whiley DM. A real-time PCR assay for direct characterization of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae GyrA 91 locus associated with ciprofloxacin susceptibility. J Antimicrob Chemother 2015; 71:353-6. [PMID: 26538505 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkv366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2015] [Accepted: 10/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to develop a real-time PCR method for specific detection of the gonococcal GyrA amino acid 91 locus directly in clinical samples so as to predict Neisseria gonorrhoeae ciprofloxacin susceptibility. METHODS The real-time PCR assay, GyrA91-PCR, was designed using two probes, one for detection of the WT S91 sequence and the other for detection of the S91F alteration. The performance of the assay was initially assessed using characterized N. gonorrhoeae isolates (n = 70), a panel of commensal Neisseria and Moraxella species (n = 55 isolates) and clinical samples providing negative results by a commercial N. gonorrhoeae nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) method (n = 171). The GyrA91-PCR was then applied directly to N. gonorrhoeae NAAT-positive clinical samples (n = 210) from the year 2014 for which corresponding N. gonorrhoeae isolates with susceptibility results were also available. RESULTS The GyrA91-PCR accurately characterized the GyrA 91 locus of all 70 N. gonorrhoeae isolates (sensitivity = 100%, 95% CI = 94.9%-100%), whereas all non-gonococcal isolates and N. gonorrhoeae NAAT-negative clinical samples gave negative results by the GyrA91-PCR (specificity = 100%, 95% CI = 98.4%-100%). When applied to the 210 N. gonorrhoeae NAAT-positive clinical samples, the GyrA91-PCR successfully characterized 195 samples (92.9%, 95% CI = 88.5%-95.9%). When compared with the corresponding bacterial culture results, positivity by the GyrA91-PCR WT probe correctly predicted N. gonorrhoeae susceptibility to ciprofloxacin in 161 of 162 (99.4%, 95% CI = 96.6%-99.9%) samples. CONCLUSIONS The use of a PCR assay for detection of mutation in gyrA applied directly to clinical samples can predict ciprofloxacin susceptibility in N. gonorrhoeae.
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- Cameron Buckley
- Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland 4029, Australia University of Queensland Child Health Research Centre, Brisbane, Queensland 4029, Australia
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- Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland 4029, Australia University of Queensland Child Health Research Centre, Brisbane, Queensland 4029, Australia
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- Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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- Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria 3053, Australia Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3181, Australia
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- Microbiology Laboratory, Pathology Department, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for STD, Microbiology Department, South Eastern Area Laboratory Services, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales 2031, Australia
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for STD, Microbiology Department, South Eastern Area Laboratory Services, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales 2031, Australia
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- Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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- Public Health Microbiology, Communicable Disease, Queensland Health Forensic and Scientific Services, Archerfield, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland 4029, Australia University of Queensland Child Health Research Centre, Brisbane, Queensland 4029, Australia UQ Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4029, Australia
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Low SYY, Ong CWM, Hsueh PR, Tambyah PA, Yeo TT. Neisseria gonorrhoeae paravertebral abscess. J Neurosurg Spine 2012; 17:93-7. [PMID: 22578237 DOI: 10.3171/2012.4.spine11914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The authors present the case of an isolated gonococcal paravertebral abscess with an epidural component in a 42-year-old man. A primary epidural abscess of the spine is a rare condition and is most commonly caused by Staphylococcus aureus. In this report, the authors present their therapeutic decisions and review the relevant literature on disseminated gonococcal infection in a patient presenting with an epidural abscess. A 42-year-old Indonesian man was admitted with symptoms of neck and upper back pain and bilateral lower-limb weakness. Clinical examination was unremarkable apart from tenderness over the lower cervical spine. Postgadolinium T1-weighted MRI of the cervical and thoracic spine demonstrated an enhancing lesion in the right paraspinal and epidural soft tissue at C-6 to T1-2, in keeping with a spinal epidural abscess. The patient underwent laminectomy of C-7 and T-1 with abscess drainage. Tissue cultures subsequently grew Neisseria gonorrhoeae that was resistant to quinolones by genotyping. Upon further questioning, the patient admitted to unprotected sexual intercourse with commercial sex workers. Further investigations showed that he was negative for other sexually transmitted infections. Postoperatively, he received a course of beta-lactam antibiotics with good recovery. Clinicians should be aware of this unusual disseminated gonococcal infection manifested in any patient with the relevant risk factors.
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- Sharon Y Y Low
- Department of Neurosurgery, National Neuroscience Institute; 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore.
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Lewis G, Juhasz A, Smith E. Environmental metabolites of fluoroquinolones: synthesis, fractionation and toxicological assessment of some biologically active metabolites of ciprofloxacin. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2011; 19:2697-2707. [PMID: 22307896 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-0766-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2011] [Accepted: 01/16/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND, AIM, AND SCOPE Biowastes produced by humans and animals are routinely disposed of on land, and concern is now growing that such practices provide a pathway for fluoroquinolone (FQs) antibacterial agents and their environmental metabolites (FQEMs) to contaminate the terrestrial environment. The focus of concern is that FQs and FQEMs may accumulate in amended soils to then adversely impact on the terrestrial environment. One postulated impact is the development of a selective environment in which FQ-resistant bacteria may grow. To find evidence in support of an accumulation of antibacterial-like activity, it was first necessary to establish whether any biologically active FQEMs could be synthesized by physicochemical factors that are normally present in the environment. However, many FQEMs are not commercially available to be used as standards in such studies. FQEMs were therefore synthesized using well-defined processes. They were subsequently analyzed using spectroscopy (UV-vis) and high performance liquid chromatography with mass spectral detection. The antibacterial-like activities of fractionated FQEMs were then assessed in novel bacterial growth inhibition bioassays, and results were compared to those obtained from instrumental analyses. MATERIALS AND METHODS Parent FQs were either exposed to sunlight or were synthesized using defined aerobic microbial (Mycobacterium gilvum or a mixed culture derived from an agricultural soil) fermentation processes. Mixtures of FQEMs derived from photo- and (intracellular) microbial processes were isolated by preparative chromatography and centrifugation techniques, respectively. Mixtures were subsequently fractionated using analytical high-performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC), and excised analytes were tested in bioautography assays for their antibacterial-like activities. Two bacteria, Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Azospirillum brasilense (A. brasilense) were used as reporter organisms in testing FQ standards and any subtle differences between biologically active FQEMs of ciprofloxacin (CF). RESULTS AND DISCUSSION FQEMs produced in the photo-synthetic process had UV-vis profiles that were indistinguishable from the parent FQs, and yet mass spectral data revealed the presence of N-formylciprofloxacin (FCF). In contrast, the UV-vis profiles of FQEMs synthesized by M. gilvum and a mixed culture of microorganisms had UV-vis profiles that were similar to one another and markedly different to the parent fluoroquinolones. Mass spectral studies confirmed the presence of FCF and N-acetylciprofloxacin in both microbial ferments. In addition, a photo-FQEM (Cp 6), three M. gilvum FQEMs (Cm 5, Cm 8, and Cm 10) and a mixed culture FQEM (Cs 6) of CF and many other FQEMs of CF, norfloxacin (NF), and enrofloxacin (EF) were fractionated using HPTLC, although their identities have yet to be confirmed. Differences between bioautography results were obtained when E. coli or A. brasilense were used as reporter organisms. Parent FQs (CF and EF) and the FQEMs of CF (Cp 6, Cm 8, and Cs 6) displayed antibacterial-like activity when using E. coli as the reporter organism. In contrast, A. brasilense was insensitive to parent CF and sensitive to EF and all tested FQEMs of CF. Results are consistent with photo- and microbial processes modifying CF in different ways, with the latter changing the UV-vis chromophores. It can be inferred that a lack of detection of analytes (especially photo-FQEMs) when using UV-vis does not necessarily indicate an absence of analyte. Additionally, similarities between the UV-vis profiles of FQEMs extracted from the (monoculture) M. gilvum and the mixed culture microbial aerobic ferments are consistent with similar processes operating in both ferments. Results of HPTLC and bioautography studies revealed that mixtures of (photo- and microbial) FQEMs could be fractionated into individual components. CONCLUSIONS Bioactive FQEMs of ciprofloxacin, as a representative FQ, can be synthesized by photo- and microbial processes, and their detection required the use of both instrumental and bioautography analytical techniques. It is likely that such FQEMs will also be present on agricultural land that has been repeatedly amended with FQ-contaminated biosolids. RECOMMENDATIONS AND PERSPECTIVES The use of instrumental analytical techniques alone and especially photometric detection techniques will underestimate antibacterial-like activities of FQEMs. Moreover, the extraction technique(s) and the selected toxicological endpoint(s) require careful consideration when assessing bioactivity. It is therefore recommended that instrumental analytical techniques and several bioautography assays be performed concurrently, and bioautography assays should use a variety of reporter organisms. Two types of bacterial growth bioassays are recommended in any assessment of antibacterial-like activity derived from CF (and possibly from other FQs). A standardized E. coli bioassay should be used as a general screening procedure to facilitate intra- and inter-laboratory exchange of data. Additionally, soil-specific (region-specific) growth inhibition bioassays should be undertaken using several species of endemic soil bacteria. It is likely that the two sets of data will be useful in future risk assessment processes.
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- Gareth Lewis
- Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
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Lawung R, Charoenwatanachokchai A, Cherdtrakulkiat R, Thammapiwan S, Mungniponpan T, Bülow L, Prachayasittikul V. Antibiograms and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA-polymerase chain reactions (RAPD-PCR) as epidemiological markers of gonorrhea. J Clin Lab Anal 2010; 24:31-7. [PMID: 20087948 DOI: 10.1002/jcla.20355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The development of antimicrobial resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae arising from wide dissemination of resistant clones is a major global health problem. In this study, a total of 235 isolates of N. gonorrhoeae isolated from patients of Bangrak Hospital were tested for their antibiotic susceptibilities to penicillin, norfloxacin, ofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, spectinomycin, and ceftriaxone. Mutation (Ser-91) in the quinolone resistance determining regions of gyrA and random amplification of the polymorphic DNA polymerase chain reaction (RAPD-PCR) were examined from 145 isolates. Among these, 55 isolates were obtained during January-March 2000, 46 isolates during January-March 2002, and 44 isolates during October-December 2002. The occurrence of combination resistance between penicillin and quinolone was 20% in January-March 2000, which was increased to 57.8% during the period of October-December 2002 (P<0.0001). Mutation of Ser-91 in gyrA could be directly linked with the resistance or declining of susceptibility to ciprofloxacin. Using RAPD-PCR, we could classify the 145 isolates into 4 and 5 groups by primers D11344 (5'-AGTGAATTCGCGGTGAGATGCCA-3') and D8635 (5'-GAGCGGCCAAAGGGAGCA GAC-3'), respectively. Combination of the data obtained from these two primers produced 11 fingerprint groups. Our findings conclude that monitoring of the Ser-91 mutation of gyrA and RAPD-PCR methods are most useful for epidemiological screening.
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- Ratana Lawung
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medical Technology, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Colli E, Digesu GA, Olivieri L. Overactive bladder treatments in early phase clinical trials. Expert Opin Investig Drugs 2007; 16:999-1007. [PMID: 17594185 DOI: 10.1517/13543784.16.7.999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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'Overactive bladder' (OAB) is a syndrome that is characterised by symptoms of urgency, with or without urge urinary incontinence, usually with frequency and nocturia [1] . It is a highly prevalent condition affecting 17% of the general population, with a significant negative effect on quality of life, impairing several areas with physical, social, emotional and sexual limitations. The prevalence of OAB increases with age in both men and women [2,3] . The pathophysiology is multifactorial and not yet fully understood. Non-surgical treatment is the mainstay of therapy for OAB. The available options include biofeedback, electrical stimulation, bladder training, pharmacotherapy or a combination of these options. Nevertheless pharmacotherapy is still the treatment of choice for OAB symptoms [4] . The pharmacological treatment of OAB is generally directed towards the central or the peripheral neural control pathways or the detrusor muscle [5] . The antimuscarinic drugs are the most commonly used. In the US, approved antimuscarinics include oxybutynin, tolterodine, trospium chloride, solifenacin and darifenacin. Although this class of drugs has been shown to be more effective than placebo in specific meta-analyses [6] , it has been reported that < or = 80% of the patients discontinue the treatment within 6 months, mainly for the low drug compliance due to the high incidence of side effects [7] . Therefore, there is a strong need to identify drugs with novel mechanisms of action, which could provide equal or even better efficacy and overall greater acceptability than antimuscarinic drugs. At present, several other specific molecular targets identified within detrusor muscle and/or neural systems are under investigation for the development of more specific treatments of OAB. This article provides an up-to date review of drugs that are in investigational preclinical and early stage (Phase I and II) clinical trials for the treatment of OAB.
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Wang B, Xu JS, Wang CX, Mi ZH, Pu YP, Hui M, Ling TKW, Chan CY. Antimicrobial susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated in Jiangsu Province, China, with a focus on fluoroquinolone resistance. J Med Microbiol 2006; 55:1251-1255. [PMID: 16914656 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46401-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In this study, the phenotypic and genotypic resistance to fluoroquinolones in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated in Jiangsu Province, China, was analysed. In vitro susceptibility testing of eight antimicrobial agents, including ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin, against 95 clinical isolates was carried out. Detection of mutations in the gyrA and parC genes was performed by sequence analysis. The clinical isolates demonstrated 100 % resistance to ciprofloxacin and 98.9 % non-susceptibility to levofloxacin. All of the isolates were susceptible to cefotaxime and ceftriaxone. For cefepime, spectinomycin and tetracycline, 98.9, 94.7 and 1.1 % of the isolates were susceptible, respectively. None of the isolates was susceptible to penicillin. Five types based on gyrA mutations could be categorized among 54 isolates with seven different mutation sites found on their parC gene. Analysis of sequence results showed that the gyrA mutation Asp-95→Ala and the parC mutations Ser-87→Arg and Ser-87→Asn made a significant contribution to the resistance to fluoroquinolones, in addition to double mutations found in each gene. Therefore, the use of fluoroquinolones in the treatment of N. gonorrhoeae infections in Jiangsu Province is not recommended, while the use of third- and fourth-generation cephalosporins and spectinomycin is recommended.
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- Bei Wang
- School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Wuxi Clon-Gen Technique Institute, Wuxi, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong Special Adminstrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong Special Adminstrative Region, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong Special Adminstrative Region, People's Republic of China
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Zhang L, Lin N, Huang C, Chen H, Lin Y, Tu Y. Relationship between mutation of IR in the mtr system of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and multiple antibiotic resistance. JOURNAL OF HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. MEDICAL SCIENCES = HUA ZHONG KE JI DA XUE XUE BAO. YI XUE YING DE WEN BAN = HUAZHONG KEJI DAXUE XUEBAO. YIXUE YINGDEWEN BAN 2006; 26:248-50. [PMID: 16850760 DOI: 10.1007/bf02895829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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To study the relationship between mutation of the inverted repeat sequence (IR) in the multiple transferable resistant system (mtr) of Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) and its multiple antibiotic resistance, minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) for the clinically isolated strains were tested by agar-dilution-method. The mtr system's IR gene of NG was sequenced after amplification by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Either two susceptive or five penicillin-resistant strains had no base mutation in IR gene, while all of the 13 strains with multiple-antibiotic-resistance had a single-base deletion (A/T). The result suggests that a single-base deletion of the thirteen-base IR sequence in mtr system of NG might result in multiple antibiotic resistance but is not associated with single antibiotic resistance.
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- Lixia Zhang
- Department of Dermatology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medica/ College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Ghanem KG, Giles JA, Zenilman JM. Fluoroquinolone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae: the inevitable epidemic. Infect Dis Clin North Am 2005; 19:351-65. [PMID: 15963876 DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2005.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The worldwide incidence of fluoroquinolone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae has increased dramatically in the last few years. Single doses of fluoroquinolones can no longer be used to treat N gonorrhoeae infections acquired in the Far East, parts of the Middle East, the Pacific Islands, and parts of Western Europe and the United States. Although California and Hawaii account for most of the current United States cases, the increased incidence of FQR in some high-risk groups independent of geography heralds an imminent spread of drug-resistant strains throughout the rest of the population. The use of molecular tests has revolutionized the diagnostic field in STIs. The main limitation of their application in N gonorrhoeae testing has been the loss of culture specimens that allow antimicrobial sensitivity testing. New molecular methods have made it possible to detect antimicrobial resistance without the use of live organisms. These tests hold the promise of improving epidemiologic tracking of N gonorrhoeae drug resistance, leading to better patient management at the local level. The loss of fluoroquinolones limits available oral regimens to a single CDC-recommended antibiotic, cefixime. Oral, inexpensive, single-dose alternatives are needed to ensure continued therapeutic success.
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- Khalil G Ghanem
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, Bayview Medical Center, 4940 Eastern Avenue, B3 North, Suite 352, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
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Costantini E, Vianello A, Saccomanni M, Tascini M, Ioannidou K, Guercini F. Prophylaxis in Female Urinary Infections in Women. Urologia 2005. [DOI: 10.1177/039156030507200113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Recurrent urinary tract infections (UTI) in women cost billions of euro annually. E. Coli causes 70–95% of these infections and it has been observed, in vitro and in vivo, to have the capability to develop bacterial biofilms in the bladder: polysaccharide-rich matrix. At the present, the only way to overcome this mucopolysaccaride barrier is to administer long repeated cycles of chemotherapy. We submit prophylaxis to patients with recurrent UTI to sterilize urine for at least 6 consecutive months. Materials and Methods 42 women with recurrent UTI have been selected according to: urine culture, vaginal swabs, and DNA-probe for Chlamydia, Gonococcus, Mycoplasma. After giving informed consent patients were assigned to treatment group A and B. For the first 10 days both groups received ciprofloxacin 500 mg bid, and then group A received ciprofloxacin 250 mg on alternate days and 1 cpr before every sexual intercourse. The group B received placebo in the same modality. Every sexual intercourse had to be safe. All the patients, after the initial screening, repeated an urine culture every 10 days for the first 6 months and every 20 days for the next 6 months. The statistical analysis was performed by chi-square test. Results 44 patients finished the study. 23 pt of group A had sterile urine for the first 6 months of the study and 81% for the next 6 months; 1/23 had 2 episodes of symptomatic UTI. 71% of the 21 patients of group B had symptomatic bacteriuria 20 days after the first treatment (p<0.001). 16/21 patients had symptomatic UTI in the first 6 months of the study and the 90% in the 12 months of the study (p<0.001), in spite of every poussèe was treated with the same antibiotic scheme. Conclusions This kind of prophylaxis has few collateral effects, and it appears to be effective in the treatment of recurrent UTI in women.
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- E. Costantini
- Clinica Urologica ed Andrologica, Università degli Studi Perugia, Perugia
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- Clinica Urologica ed Andrologica, Università degli Studi Perugia, Perugia
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- Clinica Urologica ed Andrologica, Università degli Studi Perugia, Perugia
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- Clinica Urologica ed Andrologica, Università degli Studi Perugia, Perugia
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- Clinica Urologica ed Andrologica, Università degli Studi Perugia, Perugia
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- Clinica Urologica ed Andrologica, Università degli Studi Perugia, Perugia
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Hsueh PR, Tseng SP, Teng LJ, Ho SW. High prevalence of ciprofloxacin-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Northern Taiwan. Clin Infect Dis 2004; 40:188-92. [PMID: 15614711 DOI: 10.1086/426142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2004] [Accepted: 08/10/2004] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Among 55 preserved isolates collected in northern Taiwan from 1999 through 2003, ciprofloxacin resistance (minimum inhibitory concentration, >or=1 microg/mL) was found in 1 (25%) of 4 isolates obtained in 1999-2000 and in 27 (93.1%) of 29 isolates obtained in 2003. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis indicated that several clones predominated among the ciprofloxacin-resistant isolates.
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- Po-Ren Hsueh
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Giles J, Hardick J, Yuenger J, Dan M, Reich K, Zenilman J. Use of applied biosystems 7900HT sequence detection system and Taqman assay for detection of quinolone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae. J Clin Microbiol 2004; 42:3281-3. [PMID: 15243093 PMCID: PMC446300 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.42.7.3281-3283.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Mutations in quinolone resistance-determining regions (QRDRs) have been associated with quinolone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae (QRNG). Since diagnostic nucleic acid amplification tests for gonococci are now in frequent use, molecular detection of QRNG could facilitate surveillance in the absence of culture. Here we describe a real-time molecular assay for detecting QRDR mutations in gonococci.
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- Julie Giles
- Division of Allergies and Infectious Disease, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. [corrected]
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Dewi BE, Akira S, Hayashi H, Ba-Thein W. High Occurrence of Simultaneous Mutations in Target Enzymes and MtrRCDE Efflux System in Quinolone-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Sex Transm Dis 2004; 31:353-9. [PMID: 15167645 DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200406000-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Emergence of multidrug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae resulting from new genetic mutations is a serious threat to controlling gonorrhea. GOAL To determine 1) antimicrobial susceptibilities and the corresponding genetic mutations and 2) the role of MtrRCDE efflux system in gonococcal resistance to fluoroquinolones. STUDY DESIGN Antimicrobial susceptibility testing and sequence analysis of gyrA, parC, and mtrR loci of 131 N. gonorrhoeae isolates from Japan. RESULTS The proportion of N. gonorrhoeae strains resistant and intermediate-resistant to antimicrobials was 25.2% and 48.9% for ciprofloxacin, 25.2% and 30.5% for ofloxacin, 12.2% and 53.4% for penicillin; and 17.6% and 51.1% for tetracycline, respectively. Strains were categorized into 22 mutation profiles, with GyrA-S91F/ParC-D86N/MtrR-G45D being the most predominant profile. The frequency of mutation in gyrA, parC, mtrR, and the mtrR promoter was 71%, 47.3%, 77.1%, and 23.7%, respectively. Seventy-one percent of strains carried mutations in both gyrA and mtrR. CONCLUSION This study reports simultaneous mutations in fluoroquinolone target enzymes and the MtrRCDE efflux system as a fluoroquinolone-resistant mechanism in N. gonorrhoeae.
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- Beti Ernawati Dewi
- Department of Infection Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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Shigemura K, Shirakawa T, Okada H, Hinata N, Acharya B, Kinoshita S, Kofuku T, Kawabata M, Kamidono S, Arakawa S, Gotoh A. Mutations in the gyrA and parC Genes and in vitro Activities of Fluoroquinolones in 91 Clinical Isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Japan. Sex Transm Dis 2004; 31:180-4. [PMID: 15076932 DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000114654.91972.66] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Fluoroquinolone resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae has been associated with alternations in the quinolone-resistance determining regions in the gyrA and parC genes. GOAL The goal of this study was to investigate the correlation between fluoroquinolone minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) and mutations in the gyrA and parC genes of 91 N. gonorrhoeae clinical isolates from Japan. STUDY DESIGN The MICs of fluoroquinolones ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, and gatifloxacin for 91 clinical isolates from male gonococcal urethritis in Hyogo or Osaka, Japan, were measured, and the gyrA and parC genes of these isolates were sequenced. RESULTS Among 91 isolates tested, over 70% isolates were resistant to ciprofloxacin. We found that 4 mutations (Ser-91-Phe, Ser-91-Ile, Asp-95-Gly in gyrA, and Ser-88-Pro in parC) had significant correlation to MICs of fluoroquinolone (ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, and gatifloxacin). CONCLUSION Some mutations in QRDR had a significant relationship to the fluoroquinolone resistance of N. gonorrhoeae clinical isolates from Japan.
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- Katsumi Shigemura
- Division of Urology, Department of Organs Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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Tanaka M, Sasaki Y, Kimura Y, Fukui T, Hamada K, Ukai Y. A novel pyrrole derivative, NS-8, suppresses the rat micturition reflex by inhibiting afferent pelvic nerve activity. BJU Int 2004; 92:1031-6. [PMID: 14632869 DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410x.2003.04512.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the suppressive effect of a newly synthesized compound, 2-amino-3-cyano-5-(2-fluorophenyl)-4-methylpyrrole (NS-8), on micturition, and its mode and sites of action in rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS Female rats were anaesthetized with urethane, and isovolumetric bladder contractions and cystometrograms recorded. The pelvic afferent discharges from the bladder were also monitored. RESULTS In the cystometric study, NS-8 increased the bladder capacity without affecting the maximum bladder contraction pressure, an effect unlike that of currently used anticholinergic drugs for the overactive bladder, which commonly decrease the maximum bladder contraction pressure. Intravesical and intravenous injection of NS-8 inhibited isovolumetric bladder contractions in a dose-dependent manner without affecting their amplitude, whereas intracerebroventricular injection with NS-8 had no such effect. During the urine storage phase of the cystometrogram, NS-8 decreased the discharge rate of the afferent pelvic nerve from the bladder, in association with a decrease in the increase in intravesical pressure. CONCLUSION NS-8 suppressed the micturition reflex by decreasing afferent pelvic nerve activity. Activation of calcium-sensitive potassium channel of the bladder may be responsible for such an effect. This agent has the potential to treat patients with urinary frequency and incontinence.
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- M Tanaka
- Discovery Research Laboratories, Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd, Kyoto, Japan.
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Abe H, Nishimura T, Norose Y, Aoto T, Ohzuka H, Ohkuni H. Frequency of alterations in the GyrA subunit of DNA gyrase and the ParC subunit of topoisomerase IV in 19 clinical isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Tokyo in 2002. J Infect Chemother 2003; 9:310-3. [PMID: 14691651 DOI: 10.1007/s10156-003-0270-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2003] [Accepted: 07/25/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The frequency of alterations in the GyrA subunit of DNA gyrase and the ParC subunit of topoisomerase IV in 19 clinical isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae obtained in Tokyo in 2002 was studied. The frequencies of GyrA and ParC mutations in these 19 isolates were 100% (19 of 19) and 84.2% (16 of 19), respectively, and these results were 1.48-fold (100%/67.6%) and 3.58-fold (84.2%/23.5%) higher, respectively, than the frequencies reported in 1998 in 68 isolates obtained in Fukuoka during the period from 1992 to 1996. Isolates with increasing numbers of mutations were more resistant not only to levofloxacin but also to other antibiotics. The 50% and 90% minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) to levofloxacin during the period from 1995 to 1996 were 0.063 and 1 micro g/ml, and they increased to 4 and 8 micro g/ml, respectively, in the present study. All 19 cases of gonoccocal urethritis in the present study were cured with a single intramuscular injection of 2 g spectinomycin.
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- Hiroyuki Abe
- Department of Urology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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Ng LK, Martin I, Lau A. Trends of Chromosomally Mediated Antimicrobial Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Canada: 1994–1999. Sex Transm Dis 2003; 30:896-900. [PMID: 14646637 DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000099560.11350.1a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES We monitored the trends of chromosomally mediated resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae (CMRNG) in Canada. Chromosomally resistant N. gonorrhoeae (CMRNG) were defined as having resistance to 3 antibiotics: penicillin (minimum inhibitory concentration [MIC] > or =2.0 mg/L), tetracycline (MIC > or =2.0 mg/L and < or =8.0 mg/L), and erythromycin (MIC > or =2.0 mg/L). GOAL The goal was to provide surveillance data for public health interventions for the control of gonococcal infections. STUDY DESIGN Antibiotic susceptibility tests were performed on N. gonorrhoeae isolates obtained from 1994 to 1999 in Canada. Strains were further characterized by auxotype (A), serovar (S), and plasmid profile (P). RESULTS Between 1994 and 1999, 19.2% of strains were CMRNG, 12.9% had a combined resistance to tetracycline and erythromycin, and 4.7% were resistant to tetracycline. The incidence of ciprofloxacin resistance and azithromycin resistance was 2.3% and 0.8%, respectively. CONCLUSION This survey of N. gonorrhoeae provides strain characterization data and temporal trends of strains in the Canadian population. CMRNG strains are on the rise, and the continual monitoring and characterization of these strains is important for the evaluation of current recommended antibiotic therapies used in Canada.
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- Lai-King Ng
- National Microbial Laboratory, Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Kobayashi I, Kanayama A, Saika T, Nishida M, Nakayama H, Tanaka M, Naito S. Tendency toward increase in the frequency of isolation of beta-lactamase-nonproducing Neisseria gonorrhoeae exhibiting penicillin resistance, and recent emergence of multidrug-resistant isolates in Japan. J Infect Chemother 2003; 9:126-30. [PMID: 12825110 DOI: 10.1007/s10156-002-0229-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Six hundred and ninety-nine strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae were examined by the agar dilution method according to the M7-A5 guidelines established by the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS) determine to their beta-lactamase production and susceptibility to penicillin G, cefixime, ceftriaxone, tetracycline, spectinomycin, ciprofloxacin, and azithromycin. The frequency of isolation of penicillinase-producing N. gonorrhoeae decreased gradually, from 7.3% of the test isolates (55 isolates) in 1995 to about 1% in 1998 and 1999. In contrast, while beta-lactamase-nonproducing N. gonorrhoeae exhibiting chromosomally mediated penicillin G resistance were not isolated from clinical specimens in 1995, the incidence of isolation of such resistant strains increased markedly, to 8.2% of 159 isolates, in 1997 and 14.9% of 242 isolates in 1999. The incidence of the isolation of tetracycline-resistant strains also increased between 1996 (none detected) and 1998-1999 (each 7%-8%), and a tendency towards an increase in the frequency of isolates of ciprofloxacin-resistant strains was also observed between 1995 (9.8%) and from 1997 to 1999 (more than 20%). There were no isolates resistant to any two antibiotics among penicillin G, tetracycline, and ciprofloxacin until 1997, but, in subsequent surveys in recent years, multidrug-resistant isolates (resistant to penicillin G, tetracycline, and ciprofloxacin) were detected in 1999.
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- Intetsu Kobayashi
- Chemotherapy Division, Mitsubishi Kagaku Bio-Clinical Laboratories, Tokyo, Japan.
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Moodley P, Pillay C, Nzimande G, Coovadia YM, Sturm AW. Lower dose of ciprofloxacin is adequate for the treatment of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2002; 20:248-52. [PMID: 12385679 DOI: 10.1016/s0924-8579(02)00195-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The response of male gonococcal urethritis to a single 250 mg dose of ciprofloxacin versus 500 mg was studied. Both regimens were given in combination with doxycycline in the context of the local syndromic management protocol. There was no significant difference in response between the regimens, inclusive/exclusive of tetracycline susceptible isolates. One patient in the 250 mg arm failed to respond clinically but was microbiologically cured and four patients in the 500 mg arm failed microbiologically but responded clinically. All four isolates had ciprofloxacin MICs </=0.007 mg/l.
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- Prashini Moodley
- The Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies and The Department of Medical Microbiology, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of Natal, Durban, P/Bag 7, 4013, Congella, South Africa
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Tanaka M, Nakayama H, Tunoe H, Egashira T, Kanayama A, Saika T, Kobayashi I, Naito S. A remarkable reduction in the susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates to cephems and the selection of antibiotic regimens for the single-dose treatment of gonococcal infection in Japan. J Infect Chemother 2002; 8:81-6. [PMID: 11957125 DOI: 10.1007/s101560200011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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We compared the susceptibilities of 100 Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates obtained from January to June 2000 to a variety of antimicrobial agents, including various cephems, with the susceptibilities of 55 isolates obtained from May to December 1995. In 11 of the 15 cephems tested, the MIC50 (minimum inhibitory concentration for 50% of isolates) ratios, calculated by dividing the MIC50 for isolates from 2000 by that for isolates from 1995, showed 4-fold to 16-fold differences. The MIC90 ratios of cefodizime and cefditoren showed only a 1-fold and 2-fold difference, respectively. However, the MIC90 ratios of the remaining 13 cephems showed 4-fold to 64-fold differences. We selected the most favorable antibiotic regimens for the single-dose treatment of gonorrhea in Japan according to the antigonococcal activity and pharmacokinetics, based on the criterion (therapeutic time) proposed by Moran and Levine i.e., the regimen should produce a concentration in the serum or plasma at least four times that of the MIC90 value for at least 10 h. Of the 20 single-dose regimens evaluated, only ceftriaxone 1 g intravenously and cefodizime 1 g intravenously were found to have a therapeutic time of more than 10 h for the isolates from 2000. Our results indicated that the susceptibilities of the isolates from 2000 to all the cephems tested, except for cefditoren and cefodizime, decreased remarkably in comparison with the susceptibilities of the isolates from 1995, while parenteral ceftriaxone 1 g and cefodizime 1 g appeared to be the most favorable single-dose regimens for the treatment of gonococcal infections in Japan.
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- Masatoshi Tanaka
- Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
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Coghlan MJ, Carroll WA, Gopalakrishnan M. Recent developments in the biology and medicinal chemistry of potassium channel modulators: update from a decade of progress. J Med Chem 2001; 44:1627-53. [PMID: 11356099 DOI: 10.1021/jm000484+] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- M J Coghlan
- Neurological and Urological Diseases Research, Pharmaceutical Products Division, Abbott Laboratories, 100 Abbott Park Road, Abbott Park, Illinois 60064, USA.
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Aplasca De Los Reyes MR, Pato-Mesola V, Klausner JD, Manalastas R, Wi T, Tuazon CU, Dallabetta G, Whittington WL, Holmes KK. A randomized trial of ciprofloxacin versus cefixime for treatment of gonorrhea after rapid emergence of gonococcal ciprofloxacin resistance in The Philippines. Clin Infect Dis 2001; 32:1313-8. [PMID: 11303266 DOI: 10.1086/319998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2000] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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From 1994 through 1996-1997, high-level ciprofloxacin resistance (minimum inhibitory concentration [MIC], > or = 4.0 microg/mL) increased from 9% to 49% of gonococcal isolates recovered from consecutive female sex workers in Cebu and Manila, The Philippines (P < .01). During 1996-1997, 105 female sex workers with gonorrhea were prospectively randomized to receive treatment with oral ciprofloxacin, 500 mg, or cefixime, 400 mg, and followed for test of cure. Neisseria gonorrhoeae was reisolated within 28 days after treatment from 1 (3.8%) of 26 women given cefixime versus 24 (32.3%) of 72 women given ciprofloxacin (P < .01). Treatment failure (reisolation of pretreatment auxotype/serovar) occurred in 14 (46.7%) of 30 women infected with strains with MICs of ciprofloxacin > or = 4.0 microg/mL versus 1 (3.6%) of 28 infected by strains with MICs < 4.0 microg/mL (P < .01). High-level, clinically significant gonococcal resistance to ciprofloxacin has rapidly emerged in The Philippines, and spread of fluoroquinolone resistance through commercial sex poses a threat to control of gonorrhea and prevention of human immunodeficiency virus infection and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
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Single-dose oral quinolones have been recommended for gonorrhea treatment since 1989. The antimicrobial resistance surveillance system has detected several outbreaks of quinolone-resistant gonococcal infections (QRNG), and sporadic treatment failures have been reported from high-incidence areas such as southeast Asia. QRNG may result from mutations that cause structural-functional changes in DNA topoisomerase (the quinolone target enzyme) or by changes in antimicrobial transport into the bacteria. QRNG has occurred sporadically in the United States, predominantly in persons with contact to persons in southeast Asia, and has typically occurred as an epiphenomenon in persons who were treated with other regimens. Nevertheless, this entity warrants close monitoring. The emergence of QRNG is probably related to antimicrobial misuse and overuse, in particular long-term suppressive or subtherapeutic doses.
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- Janine R. Tompkins
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ross 1165, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
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Su X, Lind I. Molecular basis of high-level ciprofloxacin resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains isolated in Denmark from 1995 to 1998. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2001; 45:117-23. [PMID: 11120953 PMCID: PMC90248 DOI: 10.1128/aac.45.1.117-123.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In Denmark surveillance of the in vitro susceptibility to ciprofloxacin of Neisseria gonorrhoeae was established in 1990. The proportion of N. gonorrhoeae strains with decreased susceptibility or resistance to ciprofloxacin (MIC >/= 0.06 microg/ml) was low (0.3 to 2.3%) up to 1995. Between 1995 and 1998 the rate of less-susceptible and resistant strains rose from 6.9 to 13.2%. Among ciprofloxacin-resistant strains (MIC >/= 1 microg/ml), 81% were highly resistant (MIC >/= 4 microg/ml). Thirty-five N. gonorrhoeae strains (40 isolates) for which ciprofloxacin MICs were 4 to 32 microg/ml were investigated for the frequency and patterns of mutations within the gyrA and parC genes. The quinolone resistance-determining regions of the gyrA and parC genes were amplified by PCR, and the amplicons were directly sequenced. Alterations at Ser-91 and Asp-95 in GyrA and a single or double alteration in ParC were identified in 32 strains (91%). Ser-91-to-Phe and Asp-95-to-Gly alterations in GyrA were detected in 28 strains (80%). The most common ParC alteration, Asp-86 to Asn, was found in 19 strains (54%). The strains were analyzed for genetic relationship by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). The analysis showed that nine strains with the same mutation pattern in the gyrA and parC genes, originating from different geographical areas over 3 years, had the same PFGE patterns after SpeI as well as NheI digestion (only one strain with one band difference in the NheI pattern), suggesting that a resistant clone had spread worldwide. The results from this study strongly suggest that double gyrA mutations plus a parC mutation(s) play an important role in the development of high-level fluoroquinolone resistance in N. gonorrhoeae.
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- Neisseria Unit, Department of Respiratory Infections, Meningitis and STIs, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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de Neeling AJ, van Santen-Verheuvel M, Spaargaren J, Willems RJ. Antimicrobial resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and emerging ciprofloxacin resistance in the Netherlands, 1991 to 1998. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2000; 44:3184-5. [PMID: 11036048 PMCID: PMC101628 DOI: 10.1128/aac.44.11.3184-3185.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Surveillance of antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae showed a decrease in the percentage of beta-lactamase-producing isolates but an increase in intermediately penicillin-resistant strains and strains resistant to a high level of tetracycline. MICs for the ciprofloxacin-resistant isolates that emerged increased, and these isolates had mutations in gyrA and parC similar to those observed in the Far East.
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- A J de Neeling
- Research Laboratory for Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
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YASUDA MITSURU, FUKUDA HIDEYUKI, YOKOI SHIGEAKI, ISHIHARA SATOSHI, KAWADA YUKIMICHI, DEGUCHI TAKASHI. IN VITRO SELECTION OF FLUOROQUINOLONE-RESISTANT NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE HARBORING ALTERATIONS IN DNA GYRASE AND TOPOISOMERASE IV. J Urol 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(05)67325-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- MITSURU YASUDA
- From the Department of Urology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, and the Center Research Laboratories, Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Tochigi, Japan
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- From the Department of Urology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, and the Center Research Laboratories, Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Tochigi, Japan
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- From the Department of Urology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, and the Center Research Laboratories, Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Tochigi, Japan
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- From the Department of Urology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, and the Center Research Laboratories, Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Tochigi, Japan
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- From the Department of Urology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, and the Center Research Laboratories, Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Tochigi, Japan
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- From the Department of Urology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, and the Center Research Laboratories, Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Tochigi, Japan
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Yasuda M, Fukuda H, Yokoi S, Ishihara S, Kawada Y, Deguchi T. In vitro selection of fluoroquinolone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae harboring alterations in DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV. J Urol 2000; 164:847-51. [PMID: 10953166 DOI: 10.1097/00005392-200009010-00060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE We attempted to select increasingly fluoroquinolone-resistant strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in vitro and to assess whether selected mutants harbored alterations in the GyrA subunit of DNA gyrase and the ParC subunit of DNA topoisomerase IV, which were analogous to those in fluoroquinolone-resistant clinical isolates. MATERIALS AND METHODS A fluoroquinolone-susceptible strain was exposed to norfloxacin in vitro. Selected mutants were sequentially exposed to norfloxacin, and this procedure was repeated. For 11 mutants, minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of antimicrobial agents were determined, and mutations in the region corresponding to the quinolone resistance-determining region (QRDR) of the Escherichia coli gyrA gene and the analogous region of the parC gene were analyzed. RESULTS Mutants obtained in one step exhibited significantly increased MICs of norfloxacin, ofloxacin and ciprofloxacin and had a single amino acid change in GyrA. Two-step mutants exhibited significantly higher norfloxacin MICs. Three of four two-step selected strains had single amino acid changes in both GyrA and ParC. Three-step mutants exhibited further increases in fluoroquinolone MICs and were assigned to the ciprofloxacin-resistant category. Two had a double amino acid change in GyrA, and one had a double GyrA change and a single amino acid change in ParC. CONCLUSION We selected fluoroquinolone-resistant strains that carried GyrA and ParC alterations analogous to those in clinical isolates. The serial accumulation of changes in the QRDR of GyrA and the analogous region of ParC was associated with a stepwise increase in fluoroquinolone resistance, although the development of additional alterations in other regions of GyrA and ParC or other mechanisms of fluoroquinolone resistance also might contribute to the enhancement in fluoroquinolone resistance. The clinical emergence of fluoroquinolone-resistant strains may be due to in-vivo stepwise selection of strains with genetic alterations in GyrA and ParC, as observed here in the in-vitro selection of fluoroquinolone-resistant mutants.
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- M Yasuda
- Department of Urology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
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Clinicians treating concurrent gonococcal and chlamydial infections have a variety of drugs to choose from. Neisseria gonorrhoeae is adept at developing resistance and the choice of antibiotic must be dictated to some extent by the patterns of resistance in the locality of the clinician. In contrast, resistance of Chlamydia trachomatis to some classes of drugs has been shown in vitro but does not appear to be clinically important at present. The success of treatment depends on patient compliance with the drug administration schedule. With these organisms, which can be carried asymptomatically, many patients are unlikely to comply with courses of antibiotics. Although single-dose therapy with azithromycin is available and established for chlamydial genital infection, it is more expensive and difficult to justify in a cash limited Healthcare system, and its efficacy for treating concurrent gonococcal infection requires further study. In patients where compliance is likely to be of concern, its use may be justified. Another major deterrent for completing antibiotic courses is the adverse effect profile. Most of the available drugs cause only minor adverse effects, in particular gastrointestinal. Ofloxacin has a better profile than doxycycline but is considerably more expensive. Newer fluoroquinolones, found to be effective in vitro, are being assessed in clinical studies. However, more evidence is required before recommending these over the tried and tested therapies.
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- A J Robinson
- Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Mortimer Market Centre, London, England
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Tanaka M, Nakayama H, Haraoka M, Saika T. Antimicrobial resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and high prevalence of ciprofloxacin-resistant isolates in Japan, 1993 to 1998. J Clin Microbiol 2000; 38:521-5. [PMID: 10655338 PMCID: PMC86137 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.2.521-525.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/1999] [Accepted: 10/28/1999] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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To assess the antimicrobial resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated from 1993 through 1998 in Japan, susceptibility testing was conducted on 502 isolates. Selected isolates were characterized by auxotype and analysis for mutations within the quinolone resistance-determining region (QRDR) in the gyrA and parC genes, which confer fluoroquinolone resistance on the organism. Plasmid-mediated penicillin resistance (penicillinase-producing N. gonorrhoeae) decreased significantly from 1993-1994 (7.9%) to 1997-1998 (2.0%). Chromosomally mediated penicillin resistance decreased from 1993-1994 (12.6%) to 1995-1996 (1.9%) and then increased in 1997-1998 (10.7%). Chromosomally mediated tetracycline resistance decreased from 1993-1994 (3.3%) to 1997-1998 (2.0%), and no plasmid-mediated high-level tetracycline resistance was found. Isolates with ciprofloxacin resistance (MIC >/= 1 microg/ml) increased significantly from 1993-1994 (6.6%) to 1997-1998 (24.4%). The proline-requiring isolates were less susceptible to ciprofloxacin than the prototrophic or arginine-requiring isolates. Ciprofloxacin-resistant isolates contained three or four amino acid substitutions within the QRDR in the GyrA and ParC proteins.
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- M Tanaka
- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Japan.
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Guoming L, Qun C, Shengchun W. Resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae epidemic strains to antibiotics: report of resistant isolates and surveillance in Zhanjiang, China: 1998 to 1999. Sex Transm Dis 2000; 27:115-8. [PMID: 10676979 DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200002000-00010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Antibiotics are widely used to treat gonorrhea. Changes in the susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to these agents may influence their use. GOAL To measure the antibiotic susceptibility of N gonorrhoeae epidemic strains in Zhanjiang (Guangdong) and to evaluate the prevalence of strains with reduced susceptibility. STUDY DESIGN A total of 98 gonococcal isolates obtained from 1998 through 1999 in Zhanjiang were tested for antibiotic susceptibility based on the systemic identification. The inhibitory zone diameters (mm) and the MICs of penicillin, tetracycline, spectinomycin, ceftriaxone, and ciprofloxacin were determined using disk-diffusion and agar-dilution methods, respectively. The susceptibilities of these isolates were defined using criteria of the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards. RESULTS The percentages of gonococci-resistant strains to penicillin, tetracycline, spectinomycin, ceftriaxone, and ciprofloxacin were 32.65%, 69.39%, 8.16%, 13.27%, 82.65% by disk-diffusion method and 23.91%, 49.46 %, 11.11%, 16.48%, 59.34% by agar-dilution method, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The resistant strains of contemporary gonococci in Zhanjiang were serious, especially for ciprofloxacin resistance. Continued active surveillance is needed to detect and control the spread of ceftriaxone-resistant and spectinomycin-resistant N gonorrhoeae.
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- L Guoming
- Department of Microbiology, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, China
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Trees DL, Sandul AL, Peto-Mesola V, Aplasca MR, Leng HB, Whittington WL, Knapp JS. Alterations within the quinolone resistance-determining regions of GyrA and ParC of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated in the Far East and the United States. Int J Antimicrob Agents 1999; 12:325-32. [PMID: 10493609 DOI: 10.1016/s0924-8579(99)00081-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The genetic mutations within the quinolone resistance-determining regions (QRDRs) of gyrA and parC of 234 Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains isolated in the Far East and the United States, which exhibited either clinically significant ciprofloxacin resistance (CipR) or intermediate ciprofloxacin resistance (CipI) were characterized. A number of GyrA/ParC amino acid alteration patterns were identified, the most prevalent alteration pattern among CipR isolates being GyrA-91,95/ParC-Asp-86- > Asn (91,95/Asp-86- > Asn). Isolates containing 91,95/Asp-86- > Asn belonged to a number of A/S classes, penicillin/tetracycline resistance phenotypes, and plasmid profiles. These results strongly suggest that the continuing emergence of ciprofloxacin-resistant gonococci is not due to the spread of a single or a few strains but to numerous factors such as 'spread of existing strains, importation of new strains and, possibly, de novo development of ciprofloxacin resistance in previously susceptible strains.
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- D L Trees
- Division of AIDS, STD, and TB Laboratory Research, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA.
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Despite a declining incidence of gonorrhea in much of the industrialized world, antimicrobial resistance continues to present a challenge to the treatment of gonococcal infections. Although no clinically significant resistance to the broad-spectrum cephalosporins has been identified, fluoroquinolone-resistant gonococcal strains are now prevalent in Australia and much of the Far East. Ongoing surveillance for antimicrobial resistance is crucial to obtain the information needed to choose effective empiric therapies for gonorrhea.
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- K K Fox
- Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Tanaka M, Nakayama H, Haraoka M, Nagafuji T, Saika T, Kobayashi I. Analysis of quinolone resistance mechanisms in a sparfloxacin-resistant clinical isolate of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Sex Transm Dis 1998; 25:489-93. [PMID: 9800262 DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199810000-00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Recently, a reduction in the susceptibility of clinical isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to newer fluoroquinolones including sparfloxacin in vitro has been recognized in Japan. The quinolone resistance mechanisms in gonococcal isolates from a patient with clinical failure of sparfloxacin treatment was investigated. GOAL To report a man with gonococcal urethritis in whom clinical failure of sparfloxacin treatment occurred and to examine the quinolone resistance mechanisms in gonococcal isolates from the patient. STUDY DESIGN A man with gonococcal urethritis was treated with oral 100 mg sparfloxacin three times daily for 5 days. However, clinical failure of the sparfloxacin treatment was observed. The antimicrobial susceptibilities of pretreatment and posttreatment isolates to sparfloxacin and other agents were measured. To analyze quinolone resistance mechanisms in the set of isolates, DNA sequencing of the genes corresponding to the quinolone resistance-determining regions within the GyrA and ParC proteins was performed. We also assayed the intracellular sparfloxacin accumulation level in these gonococcal cells. Moreover, we performed pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis to determine whether the pretreatment and posttreatment isolates were isogenic. RESULTS The minimum inhibitory concentration of sparfloxacin for the posttreatment isolate (4 micrograms/ml) was 16 times higher than that for the pretreatment isolate (0.25 microgram/ml). The pretreatment isolate contained three mutations, including a Ser-91 to Phe mutation and an Asp-95 to Asn mutation in GyrA and a Ser-88 to Pro mutation in ParC. The posttreatment isolate had four mutations, including the same three mutations and an additional Glu-91 to Gly mutation in ParC. The sparfloxacin accumulation level within 30 minutes in the posttreatment isolate was four times less than that in the pretreatment isolate. There were no differences in the pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns between the pretreatment and posttreatment isolates from the patient. CONCLUSIONS The emergence of a fluoroquinolone-resistant N. gonorrhoeae isolate with multiple mutations involving GyrA and ParC reduced the response to sparfloxacin treatment. Multiple dosing and long-term treatment with sparfloxacin seems to induce a mutation in ParC and an alteration leading to reduced drug accumulation that contribute to increasing the fluoroquinolone resistance level.
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- M Tanaka
- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Japan
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