Epidemiological, behavioural, and clinical factors associated with antimicrobial-resistant gonorrhoea: a review.

ABSTRACT: Antimicrobial-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a global public health problem in the 21st century. N. gonorrhoeae has developed resistance to all classes of antibiotics used for empirical treatment, and clinical treatment failure caused by extensively resistant strains has been reported. Identifying specific factors associated with an increased risk of antimicrobial-resistant N. gonorrhoeae might help to develop strategies to improve antimicrobial stewardship. In this review, we describe the findings of 24 studies, published between 1989 and 2017, that examined epidemiological, behavioural, and clinical factors and their associations with a range of antimicrobial agents used to treat gonorrhoea. Antimicrobial-resistant N. gonorrhoeae is more common in older th

SUBMITTER: Abraha M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5871945 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature