Prevalence of Penicillinase-Producing Neisseria Gonorrhoeae (PPNG) in Seoul (1995).
10.5021/ad.1997.9.4.258
- Author:
Jae Hong KIM
;
Seung Goo KANG
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Gonorrhea;
Prevalence;
PPNG
- MeSH:
Developing Countries;
Gonorrhea;
Humans;
Methods;
Neisseria gonorrhoeae*;
Neisseria*;
Pandemics;
Prevalence*;
Public Health;
Seoul*
- From:Annals of Dermatology
1997;9(4):258-262
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
BACKGROUND: In recent years gonorrhea has been pandemic and remains one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases(STD) in the world, especially in developing countries. OBJECTIVE & METHOD: For the detection of a more effective therapeutic regimen and to assess the prevalence of penicillinase-producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae (PPNG), we have been studying patients who have visited the VD Clinic of Choong-ku Public Health Center in Seoul since 1980 by means of the chromogenic cephalosporin method. RESULTS: In 1995, 97 strains of N. gonorrhoeae were isolated, among which 41(42.3%) were PPNG. CONCLUSION: Since the prevalence of PPNG was reported as 21.9% in 1981, the rate fluctuated. However, in 1993, there was an increase up to 74.3%. Thereafter, the prevalence rate decreased to 64.3% in 1994 and 42.3% in 1995. These changes will therefore need continuous observation.
