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Between November 2014 and May 2018, 118 laboratory-confirmed cases of high-level azithromycin resistant were identified in England. Cases emerged among heterosexuals in Leeds but spread across England and into sexual networks of men who have sex with men as the outbreak progressed. The few epidemiological links identified indicate substantial under-diagnosis of cases and this, along with the upturn in cases in 2017, highlights the difficulties in controlling the outbreak.

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Persistence of an outbreak of gonorrhoea with high-level resistance to azithromycin in England, November 2014‒May 2018
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Christa+Smolarchuk&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Smolarchuk Christa</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Adrian+Wensley&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Wensley Adrian</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Simon+Padfield&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Padfield Simon</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Helen+Fifer&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Fifer Helen</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Andrew+Lee&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lee Andrew</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Gwenda+Hughes&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Hughes Gwenda</a></span>. Persistence of an outbreak of gonorrhoea with high-level resistance to azithromycin in England, November 2014‒May 2018. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2018;23(23):pii=1800287. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.23.1800287" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.23.1800287</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 30 May 2018;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 07 Jun 2018 </span> </p>
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