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** About 50% resistance to [[fluoroquinolones]]
** About 50% resistance to [[fluoroquinolones]]
** Rates of MDR gonorrhea is increasing in Canada, mostly driven by [[azithromycin]] resistance
** Rates of MDR gonorrhea is increasing in Canada, mostly driven by [[azithromycin]] resistance
** XDR gonorrhea is still rare in Canada <ref>{{vcite journal|title=Multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant gonorrhea in Canada, 2012–2016|journal=CCDR|year=2019|volume=45|issue=2/3|pages=45–53|doi=10.14745/ccdr.v45i23a01}}</ref>
** XDR gonorrhea is still rare in Canada <ref>{{cite journal|title=Multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant gonorrhea in Canada, 2012–2016|journal=CCDR|year=2019|volume=45|issue=2/3|pages=45–53|doi=10.14745/ccdr.v45i23a01}}</ref>


== Clinical Presentation ==
== Clinical Presentation ==

Revision as of 18:43, 27 August 2019

  • Causes gonorrhea

Epidemiology

  • Resistance
    • About 50% resistance to fluoroquinolones
    • Rates of MDR gonorrhea is increasing in Canada, mostly driven by azithromycin resistance
    • XDR gonorrhea is still rare in Canada [1]

Clinical Presentation

Anorectal gonorrhea

  • Often asymptomatic
  • Can cause anorectal pain, discharge, and pruritis
  • Anal intercourse not required, especially in women

Disseminated gonococcal infection

  • Classically presents with tenosynovitis (often of wrists) or frank arthritis, with pustular lesions
  • Diagnosed with genital testing for gonorrhea, ± blood cultures or arthrocentesis

Diagnosis

  • Resistance
    • MDR gonorrhea: resistance to one of azithromycin or a cephalosporin
    • XDR if resistance to both azithromycin and a cephalosporin

References

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