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  1. Kimmitt PT, Kirby A, Perera N, Nicholson KG, Schober PC, Rajakumar K, et al.
    J Travel Med, 2008;15(5):369-71.
    PMID: 19006515 DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00240.x
    Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are an increasingly common and important cause of a fever in a returning traveler. Systemic complications of STIs, human immunodeficiency virus seroconversion illness, and secondary syphilis are diagnoses that can easily be missed. We present a case of culture-negative disseminated gonococcal infection presenting with fever, malaise, polyarthralgia, arthritis, and a rash that developed following orogenital contact and was diagnosed using real-time polymerase chain reaction. This technology has major potential to improve the speed and sensitivity of diagnosis and consequent management of patients with this syndrome.
    Study site: United Kingdom (patient had recent travel to Thailand and Malaysia)
    Matched MeSH terms: Neisseria gonorrhoeae/isolation & purification
  2. Sam IC, Ngeow YF
    Int J STD AIDS, 2006 Oct;17(10):710-1.
    PMID: 17059643
    Matched MeSH terms: Neisseria gonorrhoeae/isolation & purification*
  3. Lim VKE, Bakar RA
    Med J Malaysia, 1981 Dec;36(4):199-201.
    PMID: 6801446
    One hundred and thirty-eight male patients presented unth. a total of 146 episodes of urethritis at a Kuala Lumpur STD clinic over a period of six months. Gonorrhoea accounted for almost 4 out of 5 cases of male urethritis. The incidence of betalactamase producing strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae was 36 percent. Furthermore nearly 3 out of 10 cases of gonococcal urethritis developed post-gonococcal urethritis.
    Matched MeSH terms: Neisseria gonorrhoeae/isolation & purification
  4. Kalaimathee KK, Koh CL, Ngeow YF
    Microbiol. Immunol., 1985;29(10):921-6.
    PMID: 3935906
    The plasmid profiles of 160 strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated in Peninsular Malaysia, comprising 80 penicillinase-producing (PPNG) and 80 non-penicillinase-producing (non-PPNG) isolates, were determined. The 80 PPNG isolates were divided into two plasmid groups. All of them harbored two common plasmid species, a 4.4 megadalton (Md) R plasmid previously associated with beta-lactamase production in PPNG strains from the Far East and a 2.6 Md multicopy plasmid of unknown function. In addition to these two plasmids, 60 (75%) PPNG isolates also carried a large 24.5 Md conjugative plasmid. In contrast, the 80 non-PPNG strains were divided into three plasmid groups. All of them possessed the 2.6 Md cryptic plasmid, and 35 (44%) isolates also harbored the 24.5 Md transfer plasmid. Besides these two plasmids, one non-PPNG isolate carried an additional 7.8 Md cryptic plasmid.
    Matched MeSH terms: Neisseria gonorrhoeae/isolation & purification
  5. Ismail R
    Sex Transm Dis, 1987 4 1;14(2):113-5.
    PMID: 3112967
    The incidence of infections due to beta-lactamase-producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae is increasing in many parts of the world. An epidemiologic survey of infections caused by beta-lactamase-producing strains of N. gonorrhoeae at the University Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, from February 1977 to December 1985 (106 months) showed that the incidence rose from 4.8% (two cases) in 1977 to 49.4% (39 cases) by the end of 1985. The highest incidence of gonococcal infections was found to be in the group aged 20-39 years; the male-to-female ratio was 1.55:1. The mean inhibitory concentrations of benzylpenicillin were 0.12 microgram/ml for non-beta-lactamase-producing strains and 16 micrograms/ml for isolates of N. gonorrhoeae that produce beta-lactamase.
    Matched MeSH terms: Neisseria gonorrhoeae/isolation & purification
  6. Raja NS, Singh NN
    J Med Microbiol, 2005 Jun;54(Pt 6):609-611.
    PMID: 15888472 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46031-0
    Cellulitis of the orbit is a common cause of proptosis in children, and also frequently arises in the elderly and the immunocompromised. The condition is characterized by infection and swelling of the soft tissues lining the eye socket, pushing the eye ball outwards and causing severe pain, redness, discharge of pus and some degree of blurred vision. There is a small risk of infection spreading to the meninges of the brain and causing meningitis. This paper reports the case of an adult in whom polymicrobial bilateral orbital cellulitis had developed due to Staphylococcus aureus and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection. N. gonorrhoeae infections are acquired by sexual contact. Although the infection may disseminate to a variety of tissues, it usually affects the mucous membranes of the urethra in males and the endocervix and urethra in females. To the authors' knowledge this is the first report of polymicrobial bilateral orbital cellulitis due to S. aureus and N. gonorrhoeae in medical literature.
    Matched MeSH terms: Neisseria gonorrhoeae/isolation & purification*
  7. Jamaludin N, Gedye K, Collins-Emerson J, Benschop J, Nulsen M
    Microb Drug Resist, 2019 Sep;25(7):1003-1011.
    PMID: 31021281 DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2018.0111
    Aim:
    To characterize mutations in penA, mtrR, ponA, and porBIB, considered target genes for antimicrobial resistance, in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates with elevated minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of ceftriaxone cultured from patients in New Zealand.
    Results:
    Out of 28 isolates supplied by the Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited (ESR), Porirua, New Zealand, 14 were found to show reduced susceptibility to ceftriaxone (MIC of 0.06 mg/L) according to criteria used by the ESR and the Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme (AGSP) when tested in our laboratory. Rates of resistance to ciprofloxacin, azithromycin, penicillin, and tetracycline were 100% (28/28), 7% (2/28), 36% (10/28), and 25% (7/28), respectively. Ten different penA (Penicillin binding protein 2 [PBP2]) sequences were observed. The most common mosaic penA M-1 resembled mosaic penA XXXIV, which has been associated with ceftriaxone treatment failures in other countries. Four semimosaic PBP2 sequences were observed and may be novel PBP sequences, while four out of five nonmosaic PBP2 sequences were similar to PBP2 sequences reported in Australia. Twenty-one isolates harbored mutations in all 4 genes (penA, mtrR, porBIB, and ponA), and 13 of these exhibited reduced susceptibility to ceftriaxone.
    Conclusion:
    Mutations in penA, mtrR, porBIB, and ponA observed in this study may have contributed to reduced susceptibility to ceftriaxone among New Zealand gonococcal isolates. Over half (16/22) of mosaic penA sequences from the gonococcal isolates resembled penA XXXIV.
    Matched MeSH terms: Neisseria gonorrhoeae/isolation & purification
  8. George CRR, Enriquez RP, Gatus BJ, Whiley DM, Lo YR, Ishikawa N, et al.
    PLoS One, 2019;14(4):e0213312.
    PMID: 30943199 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213312
    BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a global concern, with the ongoing emergence of ceftriaxone and azithromycin resistance threatening current treatment paradigms. To monitor the emergence of antimicrobial resistance in N. gonorrhoeae, the World Health Organization (WHO) Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (GASP) has operated in the Western Pacific and South East Asian regions since 1992. The true burden of antimicrobial resistance remains unknown. In response, the objective of this study was to survey ceftriaxone and azithromycin susceptibility in N. gonorrhoeae across the western Pacific and south-east Asia, and interlink this data with systematically reviewed reports of ceftriaxone and azithromycin resistance.

    METHODS AND FINDINGS: The WHO Collaborating Centre for Sexually Transmitted Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Sydney, coordinated annual surveys of gonococcal susceptibilities with participating laboratories, and additionally undertook a systematic review of reports detailing gonococcal ceftriaxone and azithromycin susceptibility data for locations geographically in the Asia Pacific from 2011 to 2016. It was found that surveillance of gonococcal antimicrobial resistance remains limited in the Asia Pacific, with weaker surveillance of azithromycin versus ceftriaxone. Ninety-three published reports were identified (including national reports) which documented susceptibility data for ceftriaxone and azithromycin. GASP survey data was available for 21 countries, territories or areas, and suggested MICs are increasing for ceftriaxone and azithromycin. Between 2011 and 2016, the percentage of locations reporting >5% of gonococcal isolates with MICs to ceftriaxone meeting WHO's definition of decreased susceptibility (MIC ≥ 0.125 mg/L) increased from 14.3% to 35.3% and the percentage of locations reporting >5% of gonococcal isolates with azithromycin resistance (MIC ≥ 1 mg/L) increased from 14.3% to 38.9%. Published reports were available for several countries that did not provide GASP surveillance responses for ceftriaxone (n = 5) and azithromycin (n = 3) respectively. Over the study period, there was a 183% increase in the number of countries providing surveillance data for GASP for both ceftriaxone and azithromycin, and a 30.6% increase in ceftriaxone MIC testing across the Asia Pacific facilitated by this project.

    CONCLUSION: This study provides the first comprehensive illustration of increasing MICs to ceftriaxone in the Asia Pacific. The survey and literature review additionally detail increasing resistance to azithromycin. Further surveillance system strengthening is required to monitor these trends in order to address and curb gonococcal AMR in the region.

    Matched MeSH terms: Neisseria gonorrhoeae/isolation & purification
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