Antimicrobial Resistant Gonorrhea in Atlanta: 1988–2006 : Sexually Transmitted Diseases (original) (raw)

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Dionne-Odom, Jodie MD*; Tambe, Pradnya MD†; Yee, Eileen MD‡; Weinstock, Hillard MD, MPH‡; del Rio, Carlos MD§

From the *****Section of Infectious Disease and International Health, Dartmouth Medical School, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH; †Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness STD Clinic, Atlanta, GA; ‡Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of STD Prevention, Atlanta, GA; and §Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, Atlanta, GA

The authors thank Mr. James Thomas and Mr. Tamayo Barnes for performing the antimicrobial susceptibility on all isolates, Alesia Harvey for providing the data for the analysis, and Lin Tian for her review of the manuscript.

Supported by the CDC through the Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project Contract (1H25PS001412) and by the NIH through the Emory Center for AIDS Research grant (P30 AI050409).

The findings and conclusions are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

All authors report that they have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Correspondence: Jodie Dionne-Odom, MD, Section of Infectious Disease and International Health, Dartmouth Medical School, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756. E-mail: [email protected].

Received for publication November 11, 2010, and accepted February 9, 2011.

Gonococcal isolates (n = 4336) were collected from men with urethritis at the Fulton County STD Clinic between 1988 and 2006. Antimicrobial susceptibility was performed by agar dilution. Increasing numbers of isolates from men who have sex with men and with fluoroquinolone resistance were noted. New antimicrobials effective against gonorrhea are urgently needed.