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Volume 11, Number 7—July 2005
Perspective

Drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Michigan

Kathryn E. Macomber*, Martha S. Boehme*, James T. Rudrik*, Dara Ganoczy†, Erin Crandell-Alden*, William A. Schneider*, and Patricia A. Somsel*
Author affiliations: *Michigan Department of Community Health, Lansing, Michigan, USA; †Department of Veterans Affairs, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

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Table 5

Characteristics of quinolone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae patients, Michigan

2003
N = 14 (%) 2004
N = 8 (%)
Primary therapy for gonorrhea
Ciprofloxacin 0 2 (25)
Cefixime 3 (21) 0
Ceftriaxone 9 (64) 5 (63)
Other 2 (14) 0
None 0 1 (12)
Primary therapy for chlamydia
Azithromycin 10 (72) 7 (88)
Doxycycline 1 (7) 1 (12)
None 3 (21) 0
Recent use of antimicrobial agent*
Yes 2 (14) 1 (12)
No 9 (64) 6 (76)
Unknown 3 (21) 1 (12)
Illicit drug use
Yes 3 (21) 1 (12)
No 8 (57) 6 (76)
Unknown 3 (21) 1 (12)
Recent travel†
Yes 2 (14) 0
No 12 (86) 7 (88)
Unknown 0 1 (12)
HIV status
Positive 1 (7) 2 (25)
Negative 13 (93) 6 (75)
Sex partner illicit drug use
Yes 3 (21) 2 (25)
No 5 (36) 3 (38)
Unknown 6 (43) 3 (37)
Sex partner history of travel†
Yes 1 (7) 0 (0)
No 10 (72) 5 (63)
Unknown 3 (21) 3 (37)
Sex partner recent antimicrobial use*
Yes 1 (7) 0 (0)
No 7 (50) 5 (63)
Unknown 6 (43) 3 (37)

*Has the patient/sex partner used antimicrobial agents in the last 60 days?
†Has the sex partner traveled outside the United States (or to Hawaii) in the last 60 days?

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