Azithromycin Susceptibility Testing and Molecular Investigation of <i>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</i> Isolates Collected in Russia, 2020–2021

Azithromycin Susceptibility Testing and Molecular Investigation of <i>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</i> Isolates Collected in Russia, 2020–2021

The aim of this work was to study the resistance to macrolides (azithromycin) in the modern Russian population of <i>N. gonorrhoeae</i> with the analysis of genetic resistance determinants. Azithromycin is not used to treat gonococcal infection in Russia. However, among 162 isolates coll...

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Main Authors: Ilya Kandinov, Boris Shaskolskiy, Dmitry Kravtsov, Alexandra Vinokurova, Sofya Gorshkova, Alexey Kubanov, Victoria Solomka, Julia Shagabieva, Dmitry Deryabin, Ekaterina Dementieva, Dmitry Gryadunov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-01-01
Series:Antibiotics
Subjects:
<i>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</i>
azithromycin resistance
resistance determinants
efflux pump
<i>mtrR</i> and <i>mtrD</i> alleles
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/12/1/170

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