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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2022

Markedly Increasing Antibiotic Resistance and Dual Treatment of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolates in Guangdong, China, from 2013 to 2020.

Xiaomian Lin, Xiaolin Qin, Xingzhong Wu, Yiwen Liao, Yuqi Yu, Qinghui Xie, Sanmei Tang, Chixing Guo, Junming Pei, Zhizhou Wu and 8 more

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Resistance-Guided Therapy for Neisseria gonorrhoeae.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2022
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18 authors at 11 institutions in 1 country.

Xiaomian Lin *Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7780-0458
Xiaolin Qin *Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Xingzhong Wu *Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Yiwen Liao *Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Yuqi YuDermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Qinghui XieAnhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Sanmei TangDermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Chixing GuoGuangzhou Panyu Chronic Disease Prevention and Treatment Station, Guangzhou, China.
Junming PeiShantou Dermatology Hospital, Shantou, Guangzhou, China.
Zhizhou WuJiangmen Dermatology Hospital, Jiangmen, Guangzhou, China.
Changhui CaiZhongshan Second People's Hospital, Zhongshan, Guangzhou, China.
Feng WangShenzhen Center for Chronic Diseases Control, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, China.
Shanghua WuShaoguan Center for Chronic Diseases Control, Shaoguan, Guangzhou, China.
Heyong ChenMaoming Center for Chronic Diseases Control, Maoming, Guangdong, China.
Xiaofeng LiuZhuhai Center for Chronic Diseases Control, Zhuhai, China.
Ming LiBinhai Bay Central Hospital of Dongguan City, Dongguan, China.
Wenling CaoGuangzhou Institute of Dermatology, Guangzhou, China.
Heping ZhengDermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Southern Medical University · CNGuangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention · CNShenzhen Nanshan Center for Chronic Disease Control · CNAnhui Medical University · CNDongguan People’s Hospital · CNGuangzhou Institute of Dermatology · CNJiangmen Central Hospital · CNShantou Central Hospital · CNShaoguan University · CNZhongshan City Second People's Hospital · CNZhuhai People's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The emergence of multidrug resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae is concerning, especially the cooccurrence of azithromycin resistance and decreased susceptibility to extended-spectrum cephalosporin. This study aimed to confirm the antibiotic resistance trends and provide a solution for N. gonorrhoeae treatment in Guangdong, China. A total of 5,808 strains were collected for assessment of antibiotic MICs. High resistance to penicillin (53.80 to 82%), tetracycline (88.30 to 100%), ciprofloxacin (96 to 99.8%), cefixime (6.81 to 46%), and azithromycin (8.60 to 20.03%) was observed. Remarkably, spectinomycin and ceftriaxone seemed to be the effective choices, with resistance rates of 0 to 7.63% and 2.00 to 16.18%, respectively. Moreover, the rates of azithromycin resistance combined with decreased susceptibility to ceftriaxone and cefixime reached 9.28% and 8.64%, respectively. Furthermore, genotyping identified NG-STAR-ST501, NG-MAST-ST2268, and MLST-ST7363 as the sequence types among representative multidrug-resistant isolates. Evolutionary analysis showed that FC428-related clones have spread to Guangdong, China, which might be a cause of the rapid increase in extended-spectrum cephalosporin resistance currently. Among these strains, the prevalence of N. gonorrhoeae was extremely high, and single-dose ceftriaxone treatment might be a challenge in the future. To partially relieve the treatment pressure, a susceptibility test for susceptibility to azithromycin plus extended-spectrum cephalosporin dual therapy was performed. The results showed that all the representative isolates could be effectively killed with the coadministration of less than 1 mg/liter azithromycin and 0.125 mg/liter extended-spectrum cephalosporin, with a synergistic effect according to a fractional inhibitory concentration (FIC) of <0.5. In conclusion, dual therapy might be a powerful measure to treat refractory N. gonorrhoeae in the context of increasing antibiotic resistance in Guangdong, China.

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GonorrheaNeisseria gonorrhoeaeAnti-Bacterial AgentsAzithromycinCefiximeCeftriaxoneCephalosporin ResistanceCephalosporinsChinaDrug Resistance, BacterialHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMultilocus Sequence TypingAnti-Bacterial AgentsAzithromycinCefiximeCeftriaxoneCephalosporinsdual therapyFC428genotypingN. gonorrhoeaeresistance

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