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PRO/EDR> Gonococcal disease – UK: antibiotic resistance, ceftriaxone/azithromycin
Gonorrhea -- United KingdomA multidrug-resistant isolate of _Neisseria gonorrhoeae_ (see definition in ref 1) has been confirmed by the PHE Reference Laboratory as resistant to the current recommended dual 1st-line therapy (2). The isolate has a ceftriaxone MIC [minimum inhibitory concentration] of 0.5 mg/L and an azithromycin MIC greater than 256 mg/L (high-level azithromycin resistant, HLAziR). On wider antimicrobial susceptibility testing, the strain was susceptible only to spectinomycin. This Read more [...]
