Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2021)

Molecular Characterization and Antimicrobial Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Nunavut Region of Inuit Nunangat, Canada, 2018–2019

  • Ameeta E. Singh,
  • Jasmine Pawa,
  • Kethika Kulleperuma,
  • Errol Prasad,
  • Sonia Marchand,
  • K. Dionne,
  • Maxim Trubnikov,
  • Tom Wong,
  • Michael R. Mulvey,
  • Irene Martin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2706.204407
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 6
pp. 1718 – 1722

Abstract

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We assessed antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Nunavut, Canada, using remnant gonorrhea nucleic acid amplification test–positive urine specimens. This study confirms the feasibility of conducting N. gonorrhoeae AMR surveillance and highlights the diversity of gonococcal sequence types and geographic variation of AMR patterns in the territory.

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