Susceptibility patterns in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Nuuk, Greenland, 2015-2018: a short communication

• Published in: International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Main Authors: Sine Berntsen, Gert Mulvad, Jørgen Skov Jensen, Peter Poulsen, Henrik Lyngbeck Hansen, Michael Lynge Pedersen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019
• Subjects: gonorrhoea; sexually transmitted diseases; venereal diseases; antimicrobial susceptibility; ceftriaxone; ciprofloxacin; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Greenland; Nuuk; Circumpolar Health; International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2018.1557975; https://doaj.org/article/0338b121af894f81a915e501bd22c17f

Antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) has made gonorrhoea control and treatment more complex globally. In Greenland, the incidence of gonorrhoea is high and there is a need for continued surveillance of antimicrobial susceptibility. This study investigated gonococcal isolates obtain...