Meeting the public health challenge of multidrug- and extensively drug-resistantNeisseria gonorrhoeae
- 1 September 2009
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy
- Vol. 7 (7), 821-834
- https://doi.org/10.1586/eri.09.63
Abstract
Globally, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Neisseria gonorrhoeae is increasing in prevalence, both within and across antibiotic classes, including extended-spectrum cephalosporins, raising concerns that gonorrhea may become untreatable in certain circumstances. The AMR surveillance that is essential to optimize standard treatments is often lacking or of poor quality in countries with high disease rates. Recent initiatives by the WHO to enhance global AMR surveillance that focus on multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant N. gonorrhoeae through revision of surveillance standards and use of a new panel of N. gonorrhoeae control strains are described. Keys to meeting these new challenges posed by gonococcal AMR remain the reduction in global burden of gonorrhea combined with implementation of wider strategies for general AMR control, and better understanding of mechanisms of emergence and spread of AMR.Keywords
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