Genomic epidemiology of Neisseria gonorrhoeae elucidating the gonococcal antimicrobial resistance and lineages/sublineages across Brazil, 2015–16

Abstract

We describe the first genomic baseline data to support the Brazilian GASP. The high prevalence of resistance to ciprofloxacin, tetracycline and benzylpenicillin, and the high number of isolates with mosaic penA and azithromycin resistance mutations, should prompt continued and strengthened AMR surveillance, including WGS, of N. gonorrhoeae in Brazil.