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Table_21

TABLE 21. Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP) -  Resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from selected cities
          to penicillin and tetracycline, 1993-1996*
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                                               1993                          |                            1994
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                       Total      Penicillin           Tetracycline          |    Total      Penicillin           Tetracycline
CLINIC               Isolates   Resistance No.    %   Resistance No.    %    |  Isolates   Resistance No.    %   Resistance No.    %
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Albuquerque, NM         136           12        8.8          36       26.5   |     158           19       12.0          34       21.5
Anchorage, AK           122            7        5.7           7        5.7   |     171            1        0.6           3        1.8
Atlanta, GA             238           54       22.7          71       29.8   |     229           46       20.1          86       37.6
Baltimore, MD           239           73       30.5          61       25.5   |     240           41       17.1          63       26.3
Birmingham, AL          240           27       11.3         102       42.5   |     240           37       15.4         110       45.8
Chicago, IL              NR           NR         NR          NR         NR   |      NR           NR         NR          NR         NR
Cincinnati, OH          236           79       33.5          90       38.1   |     218           39       17.9         136       62.4
Cleveland, OH           240           24       10.0          23        9.6   |     240           42       17.5          64       26.7
Denver, CO              240           14        5.8          19        7.9   |     240           32       13.3          33       13.8
Fort Lewis, WA          143           23       16.1          24       16.8   |      78            9       11.5          14       17.9
Honolulu, HI             82           11       13.4          14       17.1   |      74           23       31.1          22       29.7
Kansas City, MO         239           36       15.1           4        1.7   |     240           24       10.0          13        5.4
Long Beach, CA          236           33       14.0          38       16.1   |     214           44       20.6          34       15.9
Minneapolis, MN         240           32       13.3          56       23.3   |     240           22        9.2          25       10.4
Nassau County, NY       223           51       22.9          66       29.6   |     161           61       37.9          56       34.8
New Orleans, LA         180           30       16.7          46       25.6   |     210           37       17.6          79       37.6
Orange County, CA       223           56       25.1          44       19.7   |     201           51       25.4          18        9.0
Philadelphia, PA        234           46       19.7          51       21.8   |     228           58       25.4          67       29.4
Phoenix, AZ             240           33       13.8          23        9.6   |     228           18        7.9          18        7.9
Portland, OR            240           44       18.3          18        7.5   |     240           20        8.3          17        7.1
San Diego, CA           224           19        8.5          42       18.8   |     240           32       13.3          31       12.9
Seattle, WA             229           43       18.8          48       21.0   |     206           14        6.8          25       12.1
San Francisco, CA       240           22        9.2          31       12.9   |     240           26       10.8          36       15.0
St Louis, MO            135            1        0.7          14       10.4   |      NR           NR         NR          NR         NR
San Antonio, TX         228           39       17.1          60       26.3   |     221           32       14.5          55       24.9
West Palm Beach, FL     237           36       15.2         110       46.4   |     239           68       28.5          86       36.0
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TOTAL                 5,264          845       16.1        1098       20.9   |   4,996          796       15.9       1,125       22.5
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                                                                             |
                                               1995                          |                            1996
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                       Total      Penicillin           Tetracycline          |    Total      Penicillin           Tetracycline
CLINIC               Isolates   Resistance No.    %   Resistance No.    %    |  Isolates   Resistance No.    %   Resistance No.    %
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Albuquerque, NM         167            5        3.0          25       15.0   |     171           25       14.6          55       32.2
Anchorage, AK           123            5        4.1           7        5.7   |      49            0        0.0           1        2.0
Atlanta, GA             227           51       22.5         124       54.6   |     193           24       12.4          80       41.5
Baltimore, MD           240           50       20.8          76       31.7   |     240           51       21.3          95       39.6
Birmingham, AL          239           53       22.2          60       25.1   |     240           67       27.9          95       39.6
Chicago, IL              NR           NR         NR          NR         NR   |     178           37       20.8          37       20.8
Cincinnati, OH          173           23       13.3          98       56.6   |     181           22       12.2          57       31.5
Cleveland, OH           227           34       15.0          88       38.8   |     240           45       18.8          78       32.5
Denver, CO              240           14        5.8          21        8.8   |     240           29       12.1          18        7.5
Fort Lewis, WA           68           12       17.6           6        8.8   |      44            5       11.4           8       18.2
Honolulu, HI             61           18       29.5          14       23.0   |      77            8       10.4           8       10.4
Kansas City, MO         240            8        3.3           9        3.8   |     240           10        4.2          17        7.1
Long Beach, CA          217           44       20.3          46       21.2   |     129           30       23.3          27       20.9
Minneapolis, MN         240           14        5.8          13        5.4   |     240           30       12.5          21        8.8
Nassau County, NY       180           54       30.0          30       16.7   |      63           11       17.5          11       17.5
New Orleans, LA         190           25       13.2         142       74.7   |     137           19       13.9          47       34.3
Orange County, CA       144           24       16.7          36       25.0   |     138           27       19.6          25       18.1
Philadelphia, PA        232           52       22.4          32       13.8   |     239           35       14.6          40       16.7
Phoenix, AZ             240           16        6.7          24       10.0   |     240           37       15.4          46       19.2
Portland, OR            240            5        2.1          15        6.3   |     235           28       11.9          18        7.7
San Diego, CA           240           20        8.3          24       10.0   |     220           34       15.5          25       11.4
Seattle, WA             230           21        9.1          52       22.6   |     173           36       20.8          46       26.6
San Francisco, CA       240           13        5.4          45       18.8   |     240           13        5.4          37       15.4
St Louis, MO             93           16       17.2          29       31.2   |     231           41       17.7          66       28.6
San Antonio, TX         154           17       11.0          84       54.5   |      87            9       10.3          35       40.2
West Palm Beach, FL     229          105       45.9         135       59.0   |     174           28       16.1          64       36.8
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TOTAL                 4,874          699       14.3       1,235       25.3   |   4,639          701       15.1       1,057       22.8
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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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