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. 2019 Feb;24(8):1900118.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.8.1900118.

Genetic relatedness of ceftriaxone-resistant and high-level azithromycin resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae cases, United Kingdom and Australia, February to April 2018

Amy V Jennison  1 , David Whiley  2   3 , Monica M Lahra  4   5 , Rikki M Graham  1 , Michelle J Cole  6 , Gwenda Hughes  6   7 , Helen Fifer  6 , Monique Andersson  8 , Anne Edwards  8 , David Eyre  9   10
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Genetic relatedness of ceftriaxone-resistant and high-level azithromycin resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae cases, United Kingdom and Australia, February to April 2018

Amy V Jennison et al. Euro Surveill. 2019 Feb.

Abstract

Between February and April 2018, three ceftriaxone-resistant and high-level azithromycin-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae cases were identified; one in the United Kingdom and two in Australia. Whole genome sequencing was used to show that the isolates from these cases belong to a single gonococcal clone, which we name the A2543 clone.

Keywords: AMR; Australia; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; PCR; United Kingdom; XDR; antimicrobial resistance; microbial drug resistance; whole genome sequencing.

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Conflict of interest: None declared.

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Phylogeny of United Kingdom and Australian sequences obtained in February–April 2018 and the most closely related existing Neisseria gonorrhoea genome sequences
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