Gonococcal Susceptibility Among MSM

1 Comparison of Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Pharyngeal, Rectal, and Urethral Neisseria gonorrhoeae 1 Isolates Among Men Who Have Sex with Men 2 3 4 Sarah Kidd 1# , Akbar Zaidi 1 , Lenore Asbel 2 , Tamara Baldwin 3 , Beau Gratzer 4 , Sarah Guerry 5 , Roxanne P. 5 Kerani 6 , Preeti Pathela 7 , Kevin Pettus 1 , Olusegun O. Soge 8 , Ali Stirland 5 , Hillard S. Weinstock 1 6 7 8 1 Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA 9 10 2 Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA 11 12 3 Laboratory Services Section, Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, TX, USA 13 14 4 Howard Brown Health Center, Chicago, IL, USA 15 16 5 Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA 17 18 6 University of Washington and Public Health—Seattle and King County, Seattle, WA, USA 19 20 7 New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City, NY, USA 21 22 8 Neisseria Reference Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA 23 24 25 #Corresponding Author: 26 Sarah Kidd 27 Division of STD Prevention 28 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 29 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS E-02 30 Atlanta, GA 30333 USA 31 Email: [email protected] 32 Phone: 404-639-8314 33 Fax: 404-639-8610 34 35