Is gonococcal sensitivity to antibiotics increasing in Norway?

Evaluation of the Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme.

The Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme (AGSP) is a laboratory network that monitors the susceptibility of gonococcal isolates to antibiotics used in the treatment of infection. This report evaluates and reports on the simplicity, flexibility, sensitivity, representativeness, timeliness and acceptability of the AGSP. The World Health Organization's (WHO) Questionnaire for Assessment of...

A preliminary study of the prevalence of Gonococcal genital infection in 500 non – pregnant women referring to a private and public clinic in Kerman, Iran

  To prevent the Gonococcal opthalmia neonatorum in many countries including Iran application of 1℅ tetracycline ophthalmic ointment is a common practice. To evaluate the prevalence of Gonococcal genital infection and the ophthalmic prophylaxis regimen  we have tested specimens which were collected from the endocervix of 500 non – pregnant women attending a private and public gynecology clinic...

Sensitivity to antibiotics of gonococcal strains isolated from sailors at Rotterdam.

Penicillin sensitivity of gonococci in Australia: development of Australian gonococcal surveillance programme. Members of the Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme.

We describe the development of the Australian gonococcal surveillance programme from February 1979 to July 1982. Participants in the programme were the major public health laboratories in each state, which perform quantitative sensitivity tests on about 5400 strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae yearly. Participating laboratories conducted sensitivity tests by a standardised technique which is descr...

Editorial: A strategy for the surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in Australia.

Emerging resistance is undermining previously effect ive treatment regimes worldwide. Gonococcal disease is one example of how emerging resistance has necessitated changes in standard treatment pro grams from cheap oral antibiotics to more expensive agents. Penicillin, which remains a recom mended treatment for gonorrhoea in many countries, is becoming less effective as a treatment due to incre...