Open AccessEvaluation of the Accuracy of Various Disks and Strips for Rapid Culture-Based Gonococcal Antimicrobial Susceptibility Screening Tests in China
Author(s) -
Wenqi Xu,
Jing-Wei Liu,
Xiaoyu Zhu,
Xiaoli Zheng,
Kai Chen,
XiangSheng Chen,
Yue-Ping Yin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
infection and drug resistance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.033
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1178-6973
DOI - 10.2147/idr.s340074
Subject(s) - spectinomycin , cefixime , ceftriaxone , penicillin , ciprofloxacin , neisseria gonorrhoeae , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , biology
Neisseria gonorrhoeae , resistant to the first-line treatment option ceftriaxone, is widespread in China from 2016. Nowadays, diverse reagents of disks and strips for rapid gonococcal antimicrobial susceptibility tests used in clinics are culture-based disks diffusion and gradient strips methods. This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy, quality, and availability of almost all disks and strips acquired in the Chinese market and serve as a reference for clinical selection.