Emergence of Extensively Drug-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae, France, 2023

Since 2022, Europe has had 4 cases of extensively drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae, sequence type 16406, that is resistant to ceftriaxone and highly resistant to azithromycin. We report 2 new cases from France in 2023 involving strains genetically related to the 4 cases from Europe as well as isolates from Cambodia.

Author(s): Caméléna François, Mérimèche Manel, Brousseau Julie, Mainardis Mary, Verger Pascale, Le Risbé Caroll, Brottet Elise, Thabuis Alexandra, Bébéar Cécile, Molina Jean-Michel, Lot Florence, Chazelle Emilie, Berçot Béatrice

Publishing year: 2024

Pages: 1903-1906

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