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M Hejzlar

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The problem of pathogenicity of Moraxellae in the urogenital tract of women.

The incidence of Moraxella nonliquefaciens an M. liquefaciens in the urogenital tract is relatively low. These microorganisms were detected in 0.77% of cases during the examination of a total of 3 761 women. M. nonliquefaciens was found in 26 out of 29 cases. The frequency of occurrence did not differ in the groups of healthy women, of women with inflammatory signs in the urogenital tract and of women with confirmed gonorrhoea. We therefore believe that these moraxellae do not play any pathogenetic role in this localization. In our opinion, the similarity of microscopic preparations and the shape of the colonies of these moraxellae with those of Neisseria gonorrhoeae is noteworthy: unless glucose splitting test is carried out, the two species can frequently be confused. The test of sensitivity to antibiotics revealed a considerable decrease in sensitivity to penicillin G as compared with the report of Bövre and Henricksen (1967). Sensitivity to other antibiotics remained unchanged.

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[Survey of the sensitivity of the strains Neisseria gonorrhoeae to antibioticas in the CSSR during 1957-1973 (authors transl)].

Although the preponderant majority of gonococcal strains is belonging to the most susceptible micro-organisms in respect of the action of antibiotics, certain variations of sensitivity which might be of importance not only for the genetics of microbes, but also for biochemistry and, above all, for therapy may occur also among them, perhaps as a consequence of along-time pressure by antibiotics. In a preceding study (J. Hyg. Epidem. Microb. Immunol. (Prague) 12,296, 1968), the authors analyzed the situation in Czechoslovakia from 1957 to 1967 by means of 911 strains of N. gonorrhoeae isolated from male patients suffering from gonorrhoea. It was also pointed out that there was a certain tendency towards reduced efficacy of penicillin G and a presence of streptomycin-resistant strains. In later years, the studies were extended to include also strains isolated from female patients and sensitivity to some more modern antibiotics was tested. In the present report, a survey is given of the state of antibiotics resistance among gonococci in Czechoslovakia in a chronological order of 17 years which is intended to serve as a basic information for those who are dealing with this subject.

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