Persistence of an outbreak of gonorrhoea with high-level resistance to azithromycin in England, November 2014‒May 2018.

Smolarchuk, Christa; Wensley, Adrian; Padfield, Simon; Fifer, Helen; Lee, Andrew; Hughes, Gwenda; (2018) Persistence of an outbreak of gonorrhoea with high-level resistance to azithromycin in England, November 2014‒May 2018. Eurosurveillance, 23 (23). pp. 7-13. ISSN 1560-7917 DOI: https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.23.1800287

Abstract

Between November 2014 and May 2018, 118 laboratory-confirmed cases of high-level azithromycin resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae were identified in England. Cases emerged among heterosexuals in Leeds but spread across England and into sexual networks of men who have sex with men as the outbreak progressed. The few epidemiological links identified indicate substantial under-diagnosis of cases and this, along with the upturn in cases in 2017, highlights the difficulties in controlling the outbreak.

Additional Information

Item Type	Article
Faculty and Department	Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
PubMed ID	29897041
Elements ID	159346