Cephalosporin-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae Clone, China

Abstract

Cephalosporin-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a major public health concern. N. gonorrhoeae of multiantigen sequence type G1407 and multilocus sequence type 1901 is an internationally spreading cephalosporin-resistant clone. We detected 4 cases of infection with this clone in China and analyzed resistance determinants by using N. gonorrhoeae sequence typing for antimicrobial resistance.

Keywords

• Neisseria gonorrhoeae
• antimicrobial resistance
• internationally spread clone
• N. gonorrhoeae multiantigen sequence type
• NG-MAST G1407
• multilocus sequence type