Increasing Trend of Resistance to Penicillin, Tetracycline, and Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae from Pakistan (1992–2009)

Table 2

Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains with intermediate susceptibility over the study period 1992–2009. 𝑛 is the total number of intermediate strains for that particular year. Percentage is shown in parenthesis (%).

Years	𝑛	OFX	P	TE
1992	15	0	1 (7.7)	0
1993	11	0	1 (9.1)	0
1994	16	0	5 (31.3)	3 (23.1)
1995	28	0	9 (32.1)	8 (28.6)
1996	20	0	1 (5.3)	2 (10)
1997	25	0	7 (28)	7 (28)
1998	26	0	3 (11.5)	4 (15.4)
1999	33	1 (4.8)	3 (9.7)	8 (25.8)
2000	25	0 (0)	4 (16)	3 (12)
2001	26	2 (7.7)	2 (7.7)	3 (11.5)
2002	19	1 (5.3)	10 (52.6)	2 (10.5)
2003	51	5 (9.8)	22 (43.1)	6 (11.8)
2004	56	0 (0)	13 (23.2)	3 (5.4)
2005	61	2 (3.3)	36 (59)	5 (8.2)
2006	90	9 (10.1)	42 (46.7)	15 (16.7)
2007	95	4 (4.2)	31 (32.6)	23 (24.2)
2008	116	5 (4.3)	16 (13.8)	17 (14.7)
2009	106	6 (5.7)	12 (11.3)	16 (15.1)

P: Penicillin; TE: Tetracycline; OFX: Ofloxacin.