China sees dramatic rise in ceftriaxone-resistant gonorrhea
University of Minnesota http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ 612-625-5000 China is seeing an alarming increase in ceftriaxone-resistant gonorrhea, researchers report today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports. Analysis of 2,084 gonococcal isolates collected from 13 provinces by the China Gonococcal Resistance Surveillance Program from 2017 through 2022 revealed that the prevalence of ceftriaxone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae was 8.1% in 2022, nearly three times the 2.9% prevalence reported in 2017. Five