title: Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates with high-level resistance to azithromycin in Australia.
authors.affiliation: Microbiological Diagnostic Unit, Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Kerrie
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.affiliation: Microbiological Diagnostic Unit, Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zaia
authors.affiliation: Microbiological Diagnostic Unit, Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Samantha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tawil
authors.affiliation: Public Health Microbiology, Communicable Disease, Queensland Health Forensic and Scientific Services, Archerfield, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bates
authors.affiliation: Public Health Microbiology, Communicable Disease, Queensland Health Forensic and Scientific Services, Archerfield, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Vicki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hicks
authors.affiliation: Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Whiley
authors.affiliation: WHO Collaborating Centre for STD, Microbiology Department, South Eastern Area Laboratory Services, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Athena
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Limnios
authors.affiliation: WHO Collaborating Centre for STD, Microbiology Department, South Eastern Area Laboratory Services, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Monica M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Lahra
authors.affiliation: Microbiological Diagnostic Unit, Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia bhowden@unimelb.edu.au.
authors.forename: Benjamin P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Howden
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001315:Australia; D017963:Azithromycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D009154:Mutation; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012338:RNA, Ribosomal, 23S / Q000235:genetics; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D012338:RNA, Ribosomal, 23S; D017963:Azithromycin
keywords: N. gonorrhoeae; gonorrhoea; resistant