Emergence of a predominant sequence type ST7363 and the increasing trend of resistance to cefixime and ceftriaxone in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Southern Taiwan, 2019–2021

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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Multi-drug resistance and the presence of epidemic lineages of Neisseria gonorrhoeae locally and globally were important clinical and public health issues. We aimed to investigate the molecular epidemiology and the antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of N. gonorrhoeae in Southern Taiwan. METHODS: Between 2019 and 2021, adult patients who had suspected gonorrhea and attended a urology clinic...

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