Culture-Independent Genotyping Improves Surveillance of INeisseria gonorrhoeae/I, Especially in Oropharyngeal Samples, the Netherlands, 2017 to 2018

• Published in: Pathogens (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 11
• Main Authors: Slaats, Michiel H. C, van der Veer, Brian M. J. W, van Alphen, Lieke B, Hoebe, Christian J. P. A, Dukers-Muijrers, Nicole H. T. M, Wolffs, Petra F. G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 01.11.2022
• Subjects: Bacteriology; Cultures and culture media; Diagnosis; Genetic aspects; Genotype; Identification and classification; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Methods; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Neisseria infections; Sentinel health events; Netherlands

It is important i to monitor the transmission and antimicrobial resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG). Current surveillance relies on culturing, which frequently fails. Previously, a culture-independent genotyping method was developed based on NG multi-antigen sequence typing (NG-MAST). To determ...