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Resistance alert: High-level azithromycin resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

  • Author:
    Health Protection Agency
  • Published date:
    4 April 2008
  • Primary audience:
    Health and social care professionals
  • Gateway reference:
    9728
  • Copyright holder:
    Crown
  • High-level azithromycin resistance has emerged in Neisseria gonorrhoeae
  • Laboratories and NHS Trusts should be alert to this problem and test gonococci for azithromycin resistance.
  • Resistant isolates should be referred to the Sexually Transmitted Bacteria Reference Laboratory for confirmation.
  • An outbreak of this highly resistant strain may be ongoing in North West England (and Wales)

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