Antimicrobial susceptibility and types of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Greece. Data for the period 1990 to 1993.

Background: Surveillance of the rapidly changing patterns of antimicrobial resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae is imperative for monitoring gonococcal infection.

Goal: To describe the types and the antimicrobial susceptibility profile of a representative samples of gonococci isolated in Greece between 1990 and 1993.

Study Design: The antimicrobial susceptibilities, serovar/auxotypes classes, and plasmid contents of 263 consecutive isolates of N.

Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Athens, Greece. Epidemiologic classification and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of strains isolated between 1986 and 1989.

The incidence of gonorrhoea cases diagnosed in a major venereal hospital of Athens, Greece, was markedly reduced between 1986 and 1989. All 182 gonococcal isolates found during this period were epidemiologically classified into Sero-/Auxo-/Plasmid content (S/A/Pc) types. Susceptibility to six antimicrobials was also determined.