Dramatic increase in a single genotype of TRNG ciprofloxacin-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates in men who have sex with men.
In 2003, episodes of gonorrhoea caused by ciprofloxacin-resistant strains increased to 15.3% from 11% in 2002. This was coincident with a marked increase in strains characterized as serogroup WI, ciprofloxacin-resistant bearing the tetracycline resistance plasmid. Molecular typing of these strains, using Neisseria gonorrhoeae multiantigen sequence typing (NG-MAST) revealed 71% (34/48) were of the same sequence type, ST338, accounting for 4.1% (34/824) of all strains in 2003. Epidemiological data demonstrated that transmission of ST338 was associated with men who have sex with men (MSM; 23/27), acquisition within the UK (22/26) and having two or more partners in the previous three-month period (18/27). The combined use of highly discriminatory typing and epidemiological surveillance helps to identify successful transmission networks.
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Scottish Neisseria gonorrhoeae Reference Laboratory, Laboratory Medicine (Microbiology), Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, UK. Helen.Palmer@luht.scot.nhs.uk
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D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005838:Genotype; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014852:Wales / Q000453:epidemiology
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D002939:Ciprofloxacin