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Volume 32, Number 6—June 2026

Dispatch

Emergence of Ceftriaxone-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae penA-60–Carrying Strains, Thailand, 2025

Rossaphorn KittiyaowamarnComments to Author , Pongsathorn Sangprasert1, Natnaree Girdthep1, Sirintra Pharanut1, Tawan Nongpian1, Thanakorn Arunngamwong1, Ruechakorn Kunkhajornphan1, Ismael Maatouk1, and Magnus Unemo1
Author affiliation: Bangrak STIs Center, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Bangkok, Thailand (R. Kittiyaowamarn, P. Sangprasert, N. Girdthep, S. Pharanut, T. Nongpian); Bhattamakun Hospital, Chonburi, Thailand (T. Arunngamwong); Patong Hospital, Phuket, Thailand (R. Kunkhajornphan); World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (I. Maatouk); Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden (M. Unemo); University College London Institute for Global Health, London, UK (M. Unemo)

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Figure 2

Number of Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria isolates examined and percentages of isolates with resistance to azithromycin, cefixime, and ceftriaxone in national surveillance system (National Gonococcal Antimicrobial Resistance program and World Health Organization Enhanced Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Program), by year, Thailand, January 2012–August 15, 2025. Isolates were identified by using Etest (bioMérieux, https://www.biomerieux.com).

Figure 2. Number of Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria isolates examined and percentages of isolates with resistance to azithromycin, cefixime, and ceftriaxone in national surveillance system (National Gonococcal Antimicrobial Resistance program and World Health Organization Enhanced Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Program), by year, Thailand, January 2012–August 15, 2025. Isolates were identified by using Etest (bioMérieux, https://www.biomerieux.com).

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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