Could tolerance explain an individual’s eight episodes of gonococcal treatment failure with ceftriaxone? A case report
We propose that bacterial tolerance be considered a possible cause of treatment failure in <i>N. gonorrhoeae</i>. A tolerance detection test can be used to diagnose tolerance.
Authors
- Tessa de Block (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3294-0147)
- Irith De Baetselier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1804-252X)
- Saïd Abdellati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9620-8257)
- Dorien Van den Bossche (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7545-4360)
- Sheeba Santhini Manoharan-Basil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8421-5137)
- Thibaut Vanbaelen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5541-6041)
- Chris Kenyon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2557-8998)
- Izumo Kanesaka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5918-2297)
Institutions
- Toho University (JP)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Published
- 2025-09-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2025-056591
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Reproductive tract infections research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.18