Rethinking Screening Intensity in Terms of Reducing Prevalence or Increasing Selection Pressure for the Emergence of Resistant Gonorrhea: A Modeling Study of Men Who Have Sex With Men in Belgium.

Our results suggest that intensive screening in the low-risk population has little impact on prevalence but may increase the probability of AMR emerging. In contrast, intensive screening in the high-risk population reduces both the prevalence of NG and macrolide resistance.