Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jul 2024)

World Health Organization Enhanced Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme, Cambodia, 2023

  • Vichea Ouk,
  • Heng Lon Say,
  • Mot Virak,
  • Serakea Deng,
  • Rebekah Frankson,
  • Robert McDonald,
  • Ellen N. Kersh,
  • Teodora Wi,
  • Ismael Maatouk,
  • Sebastiaan van Hal,
  • Monica M. Lahra

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3007.240354
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 7
pp. 1493 – 1495

Abstract

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To determine antimicrobial susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, we analyzed phenotypes and genomes of 72 isolates collected in Cambodia in 2023. Of those, 9/72 (12.5%) were extensively drug resistant, a 3-fold increase from 2022. Genomic analysis confirmed expansion of newly emerging resistant clones and ongoing resistance emergence across new phylogenetic backbones.

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