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Volume 28, Number 8—August 2022
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Association of Phylogenomic Relatedness among Neisseria gonorrhoeae Strains with Antimicrobial Resistance, Austria, 2016–2020

Justine SchaefferComments to Author , Kathrin Lippert, Sonja Pleininger, Anna Stöger, Petra Hasenberger, Silke Stadlbauer, Florian Heger, Angelika Eigentler, Alexandra Geusau, Alexander Indra, Franz Allerberger, and Werner RuppitschComments to Author 
Author affiliations: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden (J. Schaeffer); Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Vienna, Austria (J. Schaeffer, K. Lippert, S. Pleininger, A. Stöger, P. Hasenberger, S. Stadlbauer, F. Heger, A. Indra, F. Allerberger, W. Ruppitsch); MB-LAB Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Innsbruck, Austria (A. Eigentler); Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (A. Geusau); Paracelsus Medical University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria (A. Indra); University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (W. Ruppitsch)

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Table

Antimicrobial resistance classification and mean MIC of 1,318 Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates, Austria, 2016–2020

Antibiotic Antimicrobial resistance No. isolates Total no. isolates* Frequency, %
Azithromycin
 Susceptible (<1) 1,180 1,302 90.6
Resistant (>1) 122 1,302 9.4
MIC, µg/mL
 0.8432 (0.2937–1.3927)
Cefixime
 Susceptible (<0.125) 1,276 1,311 97.3
Resistant (>0.125) 35 1,311 2.7
MIC, µg/mL
 0.0289 (0.0266–0.0311)
Ceftriaxone
 Susceptible (<0.032) 1,279 1,312 97.5
Reduced Sensitivity (>0.032) 33 1,312 2.5
Resistant (>0.125) 0 1,312
MIC, µg/mL
 0.007 (0.0064–0.0076)
Ciprofloxacin
 Susceptible (<0.032) 528 1,311 40.3
Intermediate 1 1,311 0.1
Resistant (>0.064) 782 1,311 59.6
MIC, µg/mL
 6.4455 (5.8446–7.0463)
Tetracycline
 Susceptible (<0.5) 431 1,208 35.7
Intermediate 215 1,208 17.8
Resistant (>1) 562 1,208 46.5
MIC, µg/mL
 7.0349 (5.9602–8.1096)
Penicillin
 Susceptible (<0.064) 246 1,312 18.8
Intermediate 861 1,312 65.6
Resistant (>1) 205 1,312 15.6
MIC, µg/mL
 2.2397 (1.8598–2.6196)
Cefinase
 Negative 1,083 1,266 85.5
Positive
 183
 1,266
 14.5
All
 1,318
 100

*Total number of isolates for which variable data were available.

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