Table 1

Neisseria gonorrhoeae multi antigen sequence typing STs of 320 Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates and their association with antimicrobial susceptibility phenotypes

STn (%)*Antimicrobial susceptibility phenotype
Susceptible n (%)CMTR n (%)TRNG n (%)CMRNG n (%)Other n (%)
2546 (14.4)40† (87.0)6 (13.0)
3655‡23 (7.2)1 (4.4)22† (95.6)
3654‡21 (6.5)12 (57.1)9† (42.9)
3657‡15 (4.7)5 (33.3)10 (66.7)
3672‡14 (4.4)2 (14.2)12† (85.8)
355613 (4.0)6 (46.1)7 (53.9)
92113 (4.0)1 (7.6)12† (92.3)
3656‡13 (4.0)4 (30.7)8 (61.5)1 (7.6)
371110 (3.1)10† (100.0)
50810 (3.1)1 (10.0)8 (80.0)1 (10.0)
3653‡8 (2.5)1 (12.5)7 (87.5)
3714‡7 (2.2)1 (14.3)6 (85.7)
3671‡7 (2.2)4 (57.2)3 (42.8)
4585‡6 (1.9)5 (83.3)1 (16.7)
2105 (1.6)2 (40.0)3 (60.0)
Other STs (1–4 isolates/ST)109 (34.1)31 (28.4)64 (58.7)3 (2.8)2 (1.8)9 (8.3)
Total320104 (32.5)181 (56.6)13 (4.0)13 (4.0)9 (2.8)
  • *n, number of isolates.

  • †Significant (p<0.5) using Yates’ χ2 analysis.18

  • ‡New STs.

  • ST, strain type; CMRNG, chromosomally resistant N gonorrhoeae; CMTR, chromosomally-mediated tetracycline resistance; TRNG, tetracycline resistant N gonorrhoeae; PPNG, penicillinase producing N gonorrhoeae (n=1); PPNG/CMTR (n=1); ciprofloxacin resistant, CipR (n=2); azithromycin resistant, AziR (n=1); TRNG/CipR (n=1); CMTR/CipR (n=2); CMTR/AziR (n=1).