Notes from the Field: First Case in the United States of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Harboring Emerging Mosaic penA60 Allele, Conferring Reduced Susceptibility to Cefixime and Ceftriaxone

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020 Dec 11;69(49):1876-1877. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6949a5.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Alleles
  • Cefixime / pharmacology*
  • Ceftriaxone / pharmacology*
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
  • Gonorrhea / diagnosis*
  • Gonorrhea / drug therapy
  • Gonorrhea / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae / drug effects*
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae / genetics*
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae / isolation & purification
  • United States

Substances

  • Ceftriaxone
  • Cefixime