An evaluation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial susceptibility testing in the UK.

Abstract:

:The only method currently available to perform Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial susceptibility testing (Ng-AST) requires a viable organism obtained by culture. Reports of in vitro resistance to extended-spectrum cephalosporins, the treatment of choice for gonorrhoea, coupled with increasing gonorrhoea diagnoses is worrying. The aim of this study was to identify various methodologies employed by the UK microbiology laboratories to perform Ng-AST. Of the 118 laboratories that responded, 114 offered Ng-AST; the majority (82.5%, 94/114) of the laboratories used British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy methodology for Ng-AST. The other main findings were infrequent use of quality control procedures and inconsistent susceptibility testing of the antibiotics used routinely for treatment.

journal_name

J Clin Pathol

authors

Jain A,Cole MJ,Planche T,Ison CA

doi

10.1136/jclinpath-2014-202392

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-11-01 00:00:00

pages

1013-6

issue

11

eissn

0021-9746

issn

1472-4146

pii

jclinpath-2014-202392

journal_volume

67

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