Sexually transmitted infections: challenges ahead

M Unemo, CS Bradshaw, JS Hocking… - The Lancet infectious …, 2017 - thelancet.com
WHO estimated that nearly 1 million people become infected every day with any of four
curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs): chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis, and …

Antimicrobial-resistant sexually transmitted infections: gonorrhoea and Mycoplasma genitalium

M Unemo, JS Jensen - Nature Reviews Urology, 2017 - nature.com
The emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major concern worldwide and already
compromises treatment effectiveness and control of several bacterial sexually transmitted …

ARIBA: rapid antimicrobial resistance genotyping directly from sequencing reads

M Hunt, AE Mather, L Sánchez-Busó… - Microbial …, 2017 - microbiologyresearch.org
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the major threats to human and animal health
worldwide, yet few high-throughput tools exist to analyse and predict the resistance of a …

[HTML][HTML] Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial susceptibility surveillance—the gonococcal isolate surveillance project, 27 sites, United States, 2014

RD Kirkcaldy - MMWR. Surveillance Summaries, 2016 - cdc.gov
Abstract Problem/Condition: Gonorrhea is the second most commonly reported notifiable
disease in the United States; 350,062 gonorrhea cases were reported in 2014. Sexually …

Genomic epidemiology of gonococcal resistance to extended-spectrum cephalosporins, macrolides, and fluoroquinolones in the United States, 2000–2013

YH Grad, SR Harris, RD Kirkcaldy… - The Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background Treatment of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection is empirical and based
on population-wide susceptibilities. Increasing antimicrobial resistance underscores the …

Whole-genome sequencing to determine transmission of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: an observational study

D De Silva, J Peters, K Cole, MJ Cole… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background New approaches are urgently required to address increasing rates of
gonorrhoea and the emergence and global spread of antibiotic-resistant Neisseria …

A community-driven resource for genomic epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance prediction of Neisseria gonorrhoeae at Pathogenwatch

L Sánchez-Busó, CA Yeats, B Taylor, RJ Goater… - Genome medicine, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) Neisseria gonorrhoeae is an urgent
threat to public health, as strains resistant to at least one of the two last-line antibiotics used …

Incidence of sexually transmitted infections in men who have sex with men and who are at substantial risk of HIV infection–A meta-analysis of data from trials and …

RN Werner, M Gaskins, A Nast, C Dressler - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Men who have sex with men (MSM) and who engage in condomless anal
intercourse with casual partners are at high risk of acquiring sexually transmitted infections …

The impact of antimicrobials on gonococcal evolution

L Sánchez-Busó, D Golparian, J Corander… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The sexually transmitted pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae is regarded as being on the way
to becoming an untreatable superbug. Despite its clinical importance, little is known about its …

Genetic relatedness of ceftriaxone-resistant and high-level azithromycin resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae cases, United Kingdom and Australia, February to April 2018

AV Jennison, D Whiley, MM Lahra… - …, 2019 - eurosurveillance.org
Between February and April 2018, three ceftriaxone-resistant and high-level azithromycin-
resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae cases were identified; one in the United Kingdom and two …