Azithromycin Susceptibility Testing and Molecular Investigation of <i>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</i> Isolates Collected in Russia, 2020-2021

• Main Authors: Ilya Kandinov (Author), Boris Shaskolskiy (Author), Dmitry Kravtsov (Author), Alexandra Vinokurova (Author), Sofya Gorshkova (Author), Alexey Kubanov (Author), Victoria Solomka (Author), Julia Shagabieva (Author), Dmitry Deryabin (Author), Ekaterina Dementieva (Author), Dmitry Gryadunov (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The aim of this work was to study the resistance to macrolides (azithromycin) in the modern Russian population of <i>N. gonorrhoeae</i> with the analysis of genetic resistance determinants. Azithromycin is not used to treat gonococcal infection in Russia. However, among 162 isolates coll...