Table 2 Percentages of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates displaying intermediate susceptibility or resistance to the five antimicrobial drugs examined in 2005 and 2006 in the seven federal districts of Russia
Federal district*Year (no of isolates)Penicillin GTetracyclineCiprofloxacinSpectinomycinCeftriaxone
Central2005 (n  =  52)80.863.461.500
2006 (n  =  57)75.573.747.45.30
North-western2005 (n  =  160)76.056.940.63.00
2006 (n  =  124)70.270.948.47.30
Southern2005 (n  =  39)74.484.651.32.60
2006 (n  =  41)95.190.263.414.60
Volga2005 (n  =  119)71.761.746.500
2006 (n  =  186)69.969.945.78.10
Urals2005 (n  =  26)10073.161.500
2006 (n  =  10)10010010000
Siberian2005 (n  =  92)80.775.053.800
2006 (n  =  78)78.678.758.37.80
Far-eastern2005 (n  =  21)10082.371.400
2006 (n  =  25)98.080.970.72.90
  • *The number of cities surveyed (sites) in each federal district of Russia corresponded to the density and number of inhabitants in the federal districts. Cities surveyed: Central federal district: Moscow, Vladimir, Ryazan, Kaluga, Penza, Nizhny Novgorod, Kostroma, Voronezh; North-western federal district: St Petersburg, Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, Kaliningrad, Pskov, Kirov, Izhevsk, Cheboksary, Syktyvkar; Southern federal district: Stavropol, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don; Volga federal district: Samara, Astrakhan, Saratov, Kazan; Urals federal district: Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Orenburg, Ufa, Perm; Siberian federal district: Irkutsk, Omsk, Krasnoyarsk, Chita, Novosibirsk; Far-eastern federal district: Khabarovsk, Vladivostok.