Author/Editor		Allerberger, F; Kofler, H; Brezinka, C; Fink, FM; Dierich, MP
Title		Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in western Austria
Type		članek
Source		Acta Dermatovenerol Alp Panon Adriat
Vol. and No.		Letnik 1, št. 1
Publication year		1992
Volume		str. 9-12
Language		eng
Abstract		From January 1991 to April 1992 24 Neisseria gonorrhoeae-isolates from clinical specimens were collected at the Federal Public Health Laboratory in Innsbruck (Austria) and screened for resistance to penicilin G, erythromycin, tetracycline, spectinomycin, ceftriaxone, cefuroxime, ciprotloxacine, and silver nitrate. Patients originated from the Austrian provinces Salzburg, Tirol, and Vorarlberg, and presented with manifest gonorrhoea. Two of 24 isolates were penicillinase-producing N.gonorrhoeae; both strains were isolated from men who had just returned from Thailand or Kenya; the isolate from Africa was also resistant to tetracycline. Five of 24 infections were acquired abroad, sex tourism being involved in four cases. The antimicrobial resistance pattern found in gonococci in western Austria revealed that topical silver nitrate and erythromycin are equally acceptable for use in prophylaxis of neonatal ophthalmia. Penicilin is still the drug of choice in the treatment of endemic infections. If gonorrhoea has been acquired abroad, especially in Asia or Africa, ceftriaxone, spectinomycin or ciprofloxazine are recommended for therapy.
Descriptors		GONORRHEA NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM AUSTRIA