Prior exposure to azithromycin and azithromycin resistance among persons diagnosed with Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection at a Sexual Health Clinic 2012-2019.
Emily RowlinsonOlusegun O SogeJames P HughesAnna BerzkalnsChristina ThibaultRoxanne P KeraniChristine M KhosropourLisa E ManhartMatthew R GoldenLindley A BarbeePublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)
Recent individual-level AZM treatment is associated with subsequent AZMRS gonococcal infections. The long half-life and persistence of subtherapeutic levels of AZM may result in selection of resistant NG strains in persons with recent AZM use.