Beta-lactamase-producing, penicillin-resistant gonococcus.

TitleBeta-lactamase-producing, penicillin-resistant gonococcus.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1976
AuthorsPhillips I
JournalLancet
Volume2
Issue7987
Pagination656-7
Date Published1976 Sep 25
ISSN0140-6736
KeywordsAmpicillin, Cephaloridine, Cephalosporins, Female, Furans, Gonorrhea, Humans, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Penicillin G, Penicillin Resistance, Penicillinase, Penicillins
Abstract

A gonococcus was isolated from the vagina of a woman with pelvic inflammatory disease. The organism was typical in all respects except that, unlike any previously described gonococcus, it produced a beta-lactamase that conferred resistance to penicillin, ampicillin, and cephaloridine. Among other antibiotics tested streptomycin was the only one to which the organism was resistant.

DOI10.1016/s0140-6736(76)92466-1
Alternate JournalLancet
PubMed ID60518

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