Molecular characterisation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae associated with disseminated gonococcal infections in Queensland, Australia: a retrospective surveillance study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Gonorrhoea caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae is the second most notified sexually transmitted infection (STI) in Australia and the case numbers for this STI have been increasing globally. Progressive gonococcal infection may lead to disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI), which causes significant morbidity among patients. This study aims to examine the genetic diversity of N. gonorrhoeae isolates collected in Queensland from January 2010 to August 2015 and to determine factors associated with DGI in Queensland.

Design

Retrospective surveillance study for epidemiological purposes.

Setting

All gonorrhoeae isolates referred by private and public pathology laboratories to the state of Queensland, Australia Neisseria reference laboratory.

Methods

SUBMITTER: Guglielmino CJD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9351343 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature