Emerging epidemic of the predominant clusters of FC428-like Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Guangdong, China
FC428-like isolates in Guangdong formed a unique evolutionary clade with high cephalosporin resistance. These findings highlight the need to revise national gonorrhea treatment guidelines and prioritise the development of new antimicrobials.
Authors
- Zhe Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3732-4415)
- Haoyang Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2163-6612)
- Jianhong Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0447-8496)
- Xuemei Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3584-5639)
- Jinbo Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0902-6357)
- Feng Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2096-0239)
- Chi-xing Guo
- Han Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5464-9209)
- Xing Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3506-5544)
- Guosheng Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6103-6088)
- Yongjian Ke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3426-703X)
- Ying Peng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4485-8303)
- Yaohua Xue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7334-2541)
- Wenjun Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2811-1848)
- Heping Zheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9846-975X)
- Zhongju Feng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9863-9448)
- Qian Zhan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5736-8971)
- Yang Chen
- Qian Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2763-5618)
- Ziyan Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3748-1130)
- Wentao Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4199-8666)
- Ming Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9838-2825)
- Lizhong Liang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5538-9146)
- Yongfei Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9288-0994)
- Xiaolin Qin
- H. Xiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0520-0805)
- Z.Y. Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9827-8626)
Institutions
- Guangdong Medical College (CN)
- Shaoguan University (CN)
- Meizhou City People's Hospital (CN)
- Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- Central People's Hospital of Zhanjiang (CN)
- Zhongshan City Second People's Hospital (CN)
- Zhuhai People's Hospital (CN)
- First People's Hospital of Foshan (CN)
- Shenzhen Chronic Disease Prevention Center (CN)
- Dongguan People’s Hospital (CN)
- Chaozhou Central Hospital (CN)
- Shaoguan Railway Hospital (CN)
- Shantou Central Hospital (CN)
- Jiangmen Central Hospital (CN)
- Zhanjiang Experimental Station (CN)
- Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical College Hospital (CN)
- Shenzhen Nanshan Center for Chronic Disease Control (CN)
- Southern Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
- Published
- 2025-07-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgar.2025.07.005
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Reproductive tract infections research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.37