Journal
MICROBIAL DRUG RESISTANCE
Volume 25, Issue 9, Pages 1316-1324Publisher
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2018.0371
Keywords
molecular characterization; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; typing; whole genome sequencing
Funding
- Wellcome Trust
- European Union
- Ministry of Health
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In recent decades, Neisseria gonorrhoeae has developed resistance to several antimicrobial classes. Molecular epidemiology approaches are useful for detecting emerging, often resistant, gonococcal clones. In this study, 67 N. gonorrhoeae isolates from different anatomic sites, collected over 8 years in Italy, were analyzed by whole genome sequencing (WGS). WGS was performed using the Illumina NextSeq 500 platform. Phylogenetic analysis was based on core single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and core genome multilocus sequence typing (cgMLST). N. gonorrhoeae multi-antigen sequence typing (NG-MAST), MLST, and N. gonorrhoeae sequence typing for antimicrobial resistance (NG-STAR) were carried out in silico using WGS data. Antimicrobial susceptibility against a four-drug panel was evaluated using a gradient diffusion method. Overall, gonococci clustered in accordance with NG-MAST, MLST, NG-STAR, and antimicrobials susceptibility profiles, but not with the site of isolation, HIV status, and patient sexual orientation. Phylogenetic analysis identified nine clades: two of them were the predominant and including gonococci of G1407 and G2400 genogroups.
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