Multidrug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae failing treatment with ceftriaxone and doxycycline in France, November 2017

We report a multidrug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae urogenital and pharyngeal infection with ceftriaxone resistance and intermediate resistance to azithromycin in a heterosexual woman in her 20s in France. Treatment with ceftriaxone plus doxycycline failed for the pharyngeal localisation. Whole-genome sequencing of isolate F90 identified MLST1903, NG-MAST ST3435, NG-STAR233, and relevant resistance determinants. F90 showed phenotypic and genotypic similarities to an internationally spreading multidrug-resistant and ceftriaxone-resistant clone detected in Japan and subsequently in Australia, Canada and Denmark.

Author(s): Poncin Thibault, Fouere Sebastien, Braille Aymeric, Camelena Francois, Agsous Myriem, Bebear Cecile, Kumanski Sylvain, Lot Florence, Mercier-Delarue Severine, Ndeikoundam Ngangro Ndeindo, Salmona Maud, Schnepf Nathalie, Timsit Julie, Unemo Magnus, Bercot Beatrice

Publishing year: 2018

Pages: 1-3

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