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Detection of 10 cases of ceftriaxone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the United Kingdom, December 2021 to June 2022
- Michaela Day1 , Rachel Pitt1 , Nisha Mody1 , John Saunders1 , Rupa Rai1 , Achyuta Nori1 , Hannah Church1 , Sarah Mensforth1 , Helen Corkin1 , Jacqueline Jones2 , Preneshni Naicker3 , Wazirzada M Khan1 , Rebecca Thomson Glover1 , Kalani Mortimer1 , Chloe Hylton1 , Elizabeth Moss1 , Thomas Joshua Pasvol1 , Ania Richardson1 , Suzy Sun1 , Neil Woodford1 , Hamish Mohammed1 , Katy Sinka1 , Helen Fifer1
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsAffiliations: 1 National Incident Management Team, United Kingdom Health Security Agency, London, United Kingdom 2 Sexual Health Department Singleton Hospital, Swansea Bay University Health Board, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom* 3 Public Health Wales Microbiology Swansea, Singleton Hospital, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom*Helen Fiferhelen.fifer ukhsa.gov.uk
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Citation style for this article: Day Michaela, Pitt Rachel, Mody Nisha, Saunders John, Rai Rupa, Nori Achyuta, Church Hannah, Mensforth Sarah, Corkin Helen, Jones Jacqueline, Naicker Preneshni, Khan Wazirzada M, Thomson Glover Rebecca, Mortimer Kalani, Hylton Chloe, Moss Elizabeth, Pasvol Thomas Joshua, Richardson Ania, Sun Suzy, Woodford Neil, Mohammed Hamish, Sinka Katy, Fifer Helen. Detection of 10 cases of ceftriaxone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the United Kingdom, December 2021 to June 2022. Euro Surveill. 2022;27(46):pii=2200803. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.46.2200803 Received: 12 Oct 2022; Accepted: 16 Nov 2022
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Between December 2021 and June 2022, 10 cases of ceftriaxone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae (ST8123; n = 8) were detected in the United Kingdom, compared with nine cases during the previous 6 years. Most of these cases were associated with travel from the Asia-Pacific region; all were heterosexual people, with most in their 20s. Although all cases were successfully treated, not all partners of cases could be traced, and there is a risk of further transmission of ceftriaxone-resistant gonococcal infection within the UK.
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