Detection and genomic characterization of an extensively drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae ST16406 isolate identified in Italy, 2025

Raul Cetatean, Benedetti Secci, Tiziana Lazzarotto, Claudio Foschi, Simone Ambretti, Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, Microbiology Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria of Bologna, Section of Microbiology, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna

International Journal of STD & AIDS: Clinical practice in sexual health

Published online on March 16, 2026

Abstract

International Journal of STD & AIDS, Volume 37, Issue 7, Page 788-793, June 2026.
BackgroundThe global emergence of antimicrobial-resistantNeisseria gonorrhoeaerepresents a major public health concern. In particular, strains carrying the mosaicpenA-60.001 allele have been associated with resistance to extended-spectrum ...