Neisseria gonorrhoeae with high-level resistance to azithromycin in Barcelona

This study aims to characterize the first HL-AziR N. gonorroheae isolates detected in Spain . To this,whole-genome sequencing was used to identify the mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance as well as to stablish the genomic epidemiology and the clonal relatedness of such isolates .

本研究旨在阐明西班牙首次检出的HL-AziR型淋病奈瑟菌（Neisseria gonorrhoeae）分离株的特征。为此，本研究采用全基因组测序（whole-genome sequencing）技术，明确此类分离株的抗菌药物耐药性（antimicrobial resistance）机制，并确定其基因组流行病学（genomic epidemiology）特征与克隆相关性（clonal relatedness）。