Emergence and Spread of Cephalosporin-Resistant<i>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</i>with Mosaic<i>penA</i>Alleles, South Korea, 2012–2017

Lee, Hyukmin; Hee Suh, Young; Lee, Sunhwa; Kyun Kim, Yong; Han, Mi-Soon; Gyung Bae, Hye; Unemo, Magnus; Lee, Kyungwon

doi:10.3201/eid2503.181503

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Emergence and Spread of Cephalosporin-ResistantNeisseria gonorrhoeaewith MosaicpenAAlleles, South Korea, 2012–2017

Published in Emerging infectious diseases • Feb 5, 2019

Authors:

Hyukmin Lee

Young Hee Suh

Sunhwa Lee

Abstract

In South Korea, surveillance of antimicrobial drug resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae is extremely limited. We describe the emergence and subsequent national spread of N. gonorrhoeae strains with mosaic penA alleles associated with decreased susceptibility and resistance to extended-spectrum cephal...

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Cefixime

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Cephalosporin

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