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Table_18

Table 18. Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP) -- Resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from 
          selected cities to penicillin and tetracycline, 1992-1995 *
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                                              1992                         |                             1993
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                                  Penicillin          Tetracycline         |              Penicillin             Tetracycline
CLINIC                Total       Resistance           Resistance          |  Total       Resistance             Resistance
                     Isolates         No.        %           No.        %  | Isolates         No.        %           No.       %
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Albuquerque, NM         123            2        1.6          11        8.9 |    136           12        8.8          36       26.5
Anchorage, AK           123            8        6.5           7        5.7 |    122            7        5.7           7        5.7
Atlanta, GA             236           62       26.3          63       26.7 |    238           54       22.7          71       29.8
Baltimore, MD           240          100       41.7          98       40.8 |    240           73       30.4          61       25.4
Birmingham, AL          240           20        8.3         102       42.5 |    240           27       11.3         102       42.5
Boston, MA              192           32       16.7          58       30.2 |     NR           NR        NR           NR        NR
Cincinnati, OH          239           70       29.3          64       26.8 |    236           79       33.5          90       38.1
Cleveland, OH           240           18        7.5          21        8.8 |    240           24       10.0          23        9.6
Denver, CO              240           29       12.1          19        7.9 |    240           14        5.8          19        7.9
Fort Lewis, WA          119           16       13.4          13       10.9 |    143           23       16.1          24       16.8
Honolulu, HI             79           11       13.9          20       25.3 |     82           11       13.4          14       17.1
Kansas City, MO         240           26       10.8           8        3.3 |    239           36       15.1           4        1.7
Long Beach, CA          240           44       18.3          38       15.8 |    236           33       14.0          38       16.1
Minneapolis, MN          NR           NR        NR           NR        NR  |    240           32       13.3          56       23.3
Nassau County, NY       217           63       29.0          86       39.6 |    223           51       22.9          66       29.6
New Orleans, LA         200           52       26.0          69       34.5 |    180           30       16.7          46       25.6
Orange County, CA       240           64       26.7          48       20.0 |    223           56       25.1          44       19.7
Philadelphia, PA        235           76       32.3          97       41.3 |    234           46       19.7          51       21.8
Phoenix, AZ             233           23        9.9          40       17.2 |    240           33       13.8          23        9.6
Portland, OR            240           25       10.4          13        5.4 |    240           44       18.3          18        7.5
San Diego, CA           214           29       13.6          44       20.6 |    224           19        8.5          42       18.8
Seattle, WA             240           45       18.8          64       26.7 |    229           43       18.8          48       21.0
San Francisco, CA       240           37       15.4          11        4.6 |    240           22        9.2          31       12.9
St Louis, MO            240            5        2.1          37       15.4 |    135            1        0.7          14       10.4
San Antonio, TX         238           42       17.6          60       25.2 |    228           39       17.1          60       26.3
West Palm Beach, FL     240           71       29.6         146       60.8 |    237           36       15.2         110       46.4
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TOTAL                 5,328          970       18.2       1,237       23.2 |  5,265          845       16.0       1,098       20.9
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                                             1994                          |                            1995
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                                  Penicillin          Tetracycline         |              Penicillin             Tetracycline
CLINIC                Total       Resistance           Resistance          |  Total       Resistance             Resistance
                     Isolates         No.        %           No.        %  | Isolates         No.        %           No.       %
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Albuquerque, NM         158           19       12.0          34       21.5 |    167            5        3.0          25       15.0
Anchorage, AK           171            1        0.6           3        1.8 |    123            5        4.1           7        5.7
Atlanta, GA             229           46       20.1          86       37.6 |    227           51       22.5         124       54.6
Baltimore, MD           240           41       17.1          63       26.3 |    240           50       20.8          76       31.7
Birmingham, AL          240           37       15.4         111       46.3 |    239           53       22.2          60       25.1
Boston, MA               NR           NR        NR           NR        NR  |     NR           NR        NR           NR        NR
Cincinnati, OH          218           39       17.9         136       62.4 |    173           23       13.3          98       56.6
Cleveland, OH           240           42       17.5          64       26.7 |    227           34       15.0          88       38.8
Denver, CO              240           32       13.3          33       13.8 |    240           14        5.8          21        8.8
Fort Lewis, WA           78            9       11.5          14       17.9 |     68           12       17.6           6        8.8
Honolulu, HI             74           23       31.1          22       29.7 |     61           18       29.5          14       23.0
Kansas City, MO         240           24       10.0          13        5.4 |    240            8        3.3           9        3.8
Long Beach, CA          214           44       20.6          34       15.9 |    217           44       20.3          46       21.2
Minneapolis, MN         240           22        9.2          25       10.4 |    240           14        5.8          13        5.4
Nassau County, NY       161           61       37.9          56       34.8 |    180           54       30.0          30       16.7
New Orleans, LA         210           37       17.6          79       37.6 |    190           25       13.2         142       74.7
Orange County, CA       201           51       25.4          18        9.0 |    144           24       16.7          36       25.0
Philadelphia, PA        228           58       25.4          67       29.4 |    232           52       22.4          32       13.8
Phoenix, AZ             228           18        7.9          18        7.9 |    240           16        6.7          24       10.0
Portland, OR            240           20        8.3          17        7.1 |    240            5        2.1          15        6.3
San Diego, CA           240           32       13.3          31       12.9 |    240           20        8.3          24       10.0
Seattle, WA             206           14        6.8          25       12.1 |    230           21        9.1          52       22.6
San Francisco, CA       240           26       10.8          36       15.0 |    240           13        5.4          45       18.8
St Louis, MO             NR           NR        NR           NR        NR  |     93           16       17.2          29       31.2
San Antonio, TX         221           32       14.5          55       24.9 |    154           17       11.0          84       54.5
West Palm Beach, FL     239           68       28.5          86       36.0 |    229          105       45.9         135       59.0
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TOTAL                 4,996          796       15.9       1,126       22.5 |  4,874          699       14.3       1,235       25.3
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* NR = No report available

NOTE: Resistance categories include both plasmid-mediated and chromosomally mediated resistance. Penicillin and tetracycline resistance
categories are not mutually exclusive; many isolates are resistant to both antibiotics.
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