Antimicrobial Susceptibility and b-Lactamase Production in Strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolated in Patients from the University Hospital “Dr. Manuel Núñez Tovar”, Monagas State-Venezuela

• Main Authors: J Lanz, H De Freitas, J Betancourt, N Núñez, W Velásquez
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales 2004
• Subjects: Neisseria gonorrhoeae; susceptibilidad; beta lactamasa; antimicrobianos; resistencia; gonorrea; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Núñez
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/d11f4e42d6ad4f85a3738be7d0b5c393

In order to determine the patterns of antimicrobial susceptibility and beta-lactamase production, 60 patients with sexually transmitted diseases were studied from the University Hospital “Dr. Manuel Nuñez Tovar” jurisdiction in Monagas State. Thirty-five N. gonorrhoeae strains (58,30%) were isolated...