Antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the UK: surveillance and management.

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Successful antimicrobial therapy is fundamental to the public health control of gonorrhea, in the absence of a protective immune response. Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the causative agent, has presented a constant challenge for the provision of such therapy as it has demonstrated the ability to become resistant to successive highly active agents chosen for first-line treatment. Acquisition of plasmids from other...

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• Ceftriaxone
• Disease Management
• Gonorrhea
• Microbial Interactions
• Neisseria gonorrhoeae