Emergence and evolution of antimicrobial resistance genes and mutations in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
Koji YaharaKevin C MaTatum D MortimerKen ShimutaShu-Ichi NakayamaAki HirabayashiMasato SuzukiMichio JinnaiHitomi OhyaToshiro KurokiYuko WatanabeMitsuru YasudaTakashi DeguchiVegard EldholmOdile B HarrisonMartin C J MaidenYonatan H GradMakoto OhnishiPublished in: Genome medicine (2021)
Our findings highlight how antibiotic use and recombination across and within Neisseria species intersect in driving the emergence and spread of drug-resistant gonorrhea.