Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Program, 1 October to 31 December 2024

Authors

  • Monica M Lahra The World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for STI and AMR and Neisseria Reference Laboratory, NSW Health Pathology, Microbiology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia; School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia
  • Sebastiaan van Hal Molecular Microbiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia
  • Tiffany R Hogan The World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for STI and AMR and Neisseria Reference Laboratory, NSW Health Pathology, Microbiology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2025.49.036

Keywords:

antimicrobial resistance, disease surveillance, gonococcal infection, Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Abstract

The Australian National Neisseria Network (NNN) comprises reference laboratories in each state and territory that report data on antimicrobial susceptibility testing to an agreed group of antimicrobial agents for the Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme (AGSP). The AGSP data are presented quarterly in tabulated form, as well as in the AGSP annual report. This report presents national gonococcal antimicrobial resistance surveillance data from 1 October to 31 December 2024.

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30/07/25

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Lahra, Monica M, Sebastiaan van Hal, and Tiffany R Hogan. 2025. “Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Program, 1 October to 31 December 2024”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 49 (July). https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2025.49.036.

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