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| Title |
One confirmed and one suspected case of pharyngeal gonorrhoea treatment failure following 500 mg ceftriaxone in Sydney, Australia
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Sexual Health, September 2013
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| DOI | 10.1071/sh13077 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Phillip J. Read, E. Athena Limnios, Anna McNulty, David Whiley, Monica M. Lahra |
| Abstract |
Emerging antimicrobial resistance within Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) is a significant global public health threat. Detection and investigation of treatment failures is a crucial component of the World Health Organisation's response to this challenge. We report the cases of two homosexual men, both treated for pharyngeal NG with 500mg intramuscular ceftriaxone, in whom a test of cure 1 week after treatment showed persisting infection. Both men denied further sexual activity. In the first case, treatment failure was confirmed, since the isolates before and after treatment were identical by auxotype, antibiogram, multilocus sequence type (MLST) and multi-antigen sequence type (NG-MAST). In the second case, the MLSTs before and after treatment were identical, but NG-MAST results were similar but not indistinguishable. These cases underline the importance of test-of-cure and molecular investigations in identifying treatment failure, but also highlight the complexity of distinguishing treatment failure from reinfection when relying on highly variable molecular targets that may be subject to drug pressure. |
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The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 26 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 26 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 5 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 15% |
| Other | 3 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 4 | 15% |
| Unknown | 7 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 19% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 15% |
| Mathematics | 2 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 3 | 12% |
| Unknown | 9 | 35% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 December 2017.
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