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Genetic Background Modulates Zoliflodacin and Gepotidacin Cross-Resistance and Fitness in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 3 Aug 2026
Mukherjee Aditi, Blomqvist Sofia O P, Helekal David, Das Apabrita A, Palace Samantha G, Grad Yonatan H
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BACKGROUND: The emergence of multidrug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae has created an urgent need for new therapeutic options. Zoliflodacin and gepotidacin, 2 first-in-class topoisomerase inhibitors, are oral antibiotics recently approved by the FDA for gonorrhea treatment. Resistance to zoliflodacin can occur through gyrBD429N, but this mutation's impact on fitness and on resistance to other...
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