Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)

Areas around the world with increased prevalence of fluoroquinolone (QRNG) resistance

2005

• Australia – 30.6%
  - Source: (Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme (AGSP), 2005)
• England & Wales -21.7%
  - Source: (Gonococcal Resistance to Antimicrobials Surveillance Programme (GRASP), 2005)

2004

• China – 94.3%
• Japan – 81.6%
• Korea – 70.0%
• Philippines – 47.4%
• Singapore – 50.0%
• Vietnam – 52.5%
  -Source: (WHO Western Pacific Region Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (WHO WPR GASP), 2004)
• England & Wales – 14.1%
  -Source: (GRASP, 2004)
• Western Europe -30.9% (from June to November 2004)
  -Source: (European Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (EuroGASP), 2004)
• Canada– 6.2%
  -Source: (Canadian Guidelines on Sexually Transmitted Infections 2006 Edition)
• United States- 6.8%
  -Source: (Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP) Annual Report 2004)