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Table 1 Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of the WHO reference strains (mg/L) [48]

From: Plasmid mediated penicillin and tetracycline resistance among Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from Kenya

Antimicrobial

WHO K

WHO O

Ceftriaxone

0.064

0.032

Cefixime

0.25

0.016

Azithromycin

0.25

0.25

Ciprofloxacin

> 32

0.008

Spectinomycin

16

> 1024

Tetracycline

2

2

Penicillin

2

> 32

β-lactamase (PPNG)

Negative

Positive

  1. PPNG Penicillinase producing N. gonorrhoeae. Currently there are no EUCAST MIC breakpoints for norfloxacin, gentamycin and doxycycline for N. gonorrhoeae