Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme, 1 January to 31 March 2019
- 17 February 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care in Communicable Diseases Intelligence
Abstract
The National Neisseria Network (NNN), Australia, comprises reference laboratories in each state and territory that report data on susceptibilities for an agreed group of antimicrobial agents for the Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme (AGSP). The antibiotics are penicillin, ceftriaxone, azithromycin and ciprofloxacin and represent current or potential agents used for the treatment of gonorrhoea. Ceftriaxone combined with azithromycin is the recommended treatment regimen for gonorrhoea in the majority of Australia. However, there are substantial geographic differences in susceptibility patterns in Australia, with certain remote regions of the Northern Territory and Western Australia having low gonococcal antimicrobial resistance rates. In these regions, an oral treatment regimen comprising amoxycillin, probenecid and azithromycin is recommended for the treatment of gonorrhoea. Additional data on other antibiotics are reported in the AGSP Annual Report. The AGSP has a programme-specific quality assurance process.Keywords
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