Rapid change in the ciprofloxacin resistance pattern among Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains in Nuuk, Greenland: time to reconsider preventive and treatment strategies

• Published in: International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Main Authors: Anne Skjerbæk Rolskov, Karen Bjorn-Mortensen, Gert Mulvad, Peter Poulsen, Jørgen Skov Jensen, Michael Lynge Pedersen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2015
• Subjects: Neisseria gonorrhoeae; sexually transmitted infections; antimicrobial resistance; ciprofloxacin resistance; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Greenland; Nuuk; Circumpolar Health; International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v74.26916; https://doaj.org/article/5aa8c5370a5f4de69e4967e524f4b419

Objectives: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including infections with Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC), are highly incident in Greenland. Since January 2011, GC testing has been performed on urine with nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) by strand displacement amplification (Becton Dickinson...