Continued monitoring of antimicrobial resistance patterns is essential in order for Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) treatment to be effective. Gonococci isolates from 65 patients in São Paulo were submitted to susceptibility testing, and a decreased susceptibility or resistance to ciprofloxacin was observed in 8.7% of these patients, indicating that Neisseria gonorrhoeae fluoroquinolone resistance is emerging in Brazil.
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Belda, W., Velho, P. E. N. F., Arnone, M., & Fagundes, L. J. (2007). Emergence of fluoroquinolone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in São Paulo, Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 38(2), 293–295. https://doi.org/10.1590/s1517-83822007000200020
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