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Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Pharmacotherapy Group, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria
ISSN: 1596-5996 EISSN: 1596-5996
Vol. 15, No. 12, 2016, pp. 2653-2657
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Bioline Code: pr16349
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, Vol. 15, No. 12, 2016, pp. 2653-2657
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Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated from fertile and infertile women
Azizmohammadi, Susan & Azizmohammadi, Sima
Abstract
Purpose: To study the prevalence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the high vaginal swab samples of fertile
and infertile women who were referred to Infertility and Sterility Hospitals, Tehran, Iran as well as
investigate their antibiotic resistance pattern.
Methods: Three hundred and twenty high vaginal swabs were taken from fertile and infertile women.
The samples were cultured and those that were N. gonorrhoeae-positive subjected to the disk diffusion
susceptibility test.
Results: Prevalence of N. gonorrhoeae in fertile and infertile women were 5.26 and 16.92 %,
respectively. All isolates harbored orf1 gene. Patients in the age bracket > 40 years were at high risk. N.
gonorrhoeae strains showed high level resistance against ampicillin (87.5 %), ciprofloxacin (75 %),
tetracycline (71.87 %) and penicillin (68.75 %).
Conclusion: The possible role of resistant N. gonorrhoeae as pathogens causing female infertility
constitutes an important finding of the study. The high levels of bacterial resistance against ampicillin,
ciprofloxacin, tetracycline, penicillin and spectinomycin, should be taken into account in developing any
new guidelines in the management of the infection.
Keywords
Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Female infertility Drug Resistance; Ciprofloxacin; Tetracycline; Spectinomycin
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