TY - JOUR AU - Lefebvre, Brigitte AU - Martin, Irene AU - Demczuk, Walter AU - Deshaies, Lucie AU - Michaud, Stéphanie AU - Labbé, Annie-Claude AU - Beaudoin, Marie-Claude AU - Longtin, Jean T1 - Ceftriaxone-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Canada, 2017 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2018 VL - 24 IS - 2 SP - 381 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We identified a ceftriaxone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolate in a patient in Canada. This isolate carried the penA-60 allele, which differs substantially from its closest relative, mosaic penA XXVII (80% nucleotide identity). Epidemiologic and genomic data suggest spread from Asia. Antimicrobial susceptibility surveillance helps prevent spread of highly resistant N. gonorrhoeae strains. KW - Neisseria gonorrhoeae KW - ceftriaxone-resistant KW - ceftriaxone KW - North America KW - Canada KW - bacteria KW - antimicrobial resistance KW - sexually transmitted infections KW - penA-60 KW - penA XXVII KW - gonorrhea KW - antimicrobial susceptibility surveillance KW - mosaic penA allele DO - 10.3201/eid2402.171756 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/2/17-1756_article ER - End of Reference