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Table 2 Number and percentage of N. gonorrhoeae isolates testing susceptible, intermediate and resistant against cefixime, ceftriaxone, azithromycin, penicillin and ciprofloxacin, n = 261 for year 2014 and n = 276 for year 2015, *p-value < 0.05

From: Antimicrobial resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Germany: low levels of cephalosporin resistance, but high azithromycin resistance

 

Susceptible

Intermediate

Resistant

Number (percentage, %)

Number (percentage, %)

Number (percentage, %)

2014

2015

2014

2015

2014

2015

Cefixime

256 (98.1)

272 (98.6)

∕

∕

5 (1.9)

4 (1.4)

Ceftriaxone

261 (100)

276 (100)

∕

∕

0 (0)

0 (0)

Azithromycin

142 (54.4)

171 (62.0)

88 (33.7)

78 (28.3)

31 (11.9)

27 (9.8)

Ciprofloxacin*

73 (28.0)

114 (41.3)

0 (0)

1 (0.4)

188 (72.0)

161 (58.3)

Penicillin*

27 (10.3)

40 (14.5)

158 (60.5)

184 (66.7)

76 (29.1)

52 (18.8)