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Antimicrobial Resistance in Neisseria Gonorrhoeae in New Zealand Surveillance Report - 2017-2021

Summary

Gonorrhoea is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections (STI) globally, with 82.4 million new cases among adults aged 15–49 in 2020 (World Health Organization 2022). Untreated gonorrhoea can result in serious sequelae, including pelvic inflammatory disease, vertical transmission and increased HIV transmission (Moore 2016) (Tsevat 2017) (Greenberg 1979).

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