In vitro susceptibilities of 400 Spanish isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to gemifloxacin and 11 other antimicrobial agents

The in vitro activity of gemifloxacin versus those of 11 other antimicrobial agents against 400 strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae was determined by microdilution with supplemented GC agar. A total of 37.5% of the strains were β-lactamase positive. A total of 70 and 6.4% of the β-lactamase-negative strains exhibited intermediate and high-level penicillin resistance, respectively. Ceftriaxone and gemifloxacin were the most active drugs (MICs at which 90% of isolates are inhibited, 0.01 versus 0.007 μg/ml, respectively), with 100% of strains inhibited by 0.12 μg/ml.