Fourteen Draft Genome Sequences for the First Reported Cases of Azithromycin-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Ireland

Micheál Mac Aogáin; Nicholas Fennelly; Anne Walsh; Yvonne Lynagh; Michaël Bekaert; Brendan Lawlor; Paul Walsh; Brian Kelly; Thomas R Rogers; Brendan Crowley

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00403-17

Fourteen Draft Genome Sequences for the First Reported Cases of Azithromycin-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Ireland

Genome Announc. 2017 Jun 8;5(23):e00403-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00403-17.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Microbiology, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland [email protected].
² Virology Laboratory, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
³ NSilico, Nova Center, Belfield Innovation Park, Dublin, Ireland.
⁴ Department of Clinical Microbiology, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Abstract

Here, we report the draft genome assemblies of 14 azithromycin-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae clinical isolates, representing the first such strains identified in Ireland. Among these isolates are the first reported highly resistant strains (MIC >256 mg/liter), which both belonged to the ST1580 sequence type.