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Detection in the United Kingdom of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae FC428 clone, with ceftriaxone resistance and intermediate resistance to azithromycin, October to December 2018
- David W Eyre1,2 , Katy Town3 , Teresa Street2 , Leanne Barker2 , Nicholas Sanderson2 , Michelle J Cole3 , Hamish Mohammed3 , Rachel Pitt3 , Maya Gobin3 , Charles Irish3 , Daniel Gardiner3 , James Sedgwick3 , Charles Beck3 , John Saunders3 , Deborah Turbitt3 , Clare Cook3 , Nick Phin3 , Bavithra Nathan3,5 , Paddy Horner3,4,5 , Helen Fifer3,5
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsAffiliations: 1 Big Data Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom 2 Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom 3 National Incident Management Team, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom 4 Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom 5 These authors contributed equally to this workDavid W Eyredavid.eyre bdi.ox.ac.uk
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Citation style for this article: Eyre David W, Town Katy, Street Teresa, Barker Leanne, Sanderson Nicholas, Cole Michelle J, Mohammed Hamish, Pitt Rachel, Gobin Maya, Irish Charles, Gardiner Daniel, Sedgwick James, Beck Charles, Saunders John, Turbitt Deborah, Cook Clare, Phin Nick, Nathan Bavithra, Horner Paddy, Fifer Helen. Detection in the United Kingdom of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae FC428 clone, with ceftriaxone resistance and intermediate resistance to azithromycin, October to December 2018. Euro Surveill. 2019;24(10):pii=1900147. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.10.1900147 Received: 22 Feb 2019; Accepted: 06 Mar 2019
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Abstract
We describe detection in the United Kingdom (UK) of the drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae FC428 clone, with ceftriaxone resistance and intermediate azithromycin resistance. Two female patients developed infection following contact with UK-resident men from the same sexual network linked to travel to Ibiza, Spain. One case failed treatment with ceftriaxone, and azithromycin and gentamicin, before successful treatment with ertapenem. Both isolates had indistinguishable whole-genome sequences. Urgent action is essential to contain this drug-resistant strain.
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