Rebound of Gonorrhea after Lifting of COVID-19 Preventive Measures, England

Autor: Holly Fountain, Stephanie J. Migchelsen, Hannah Charles, Tika Ram, Helen Fifer, Hamish Mohammed, Katy Sinka

Publikováno v: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 30, Iss 2, Pp 329-332 (2024)

After lifting of all COVID-19 preventive measures in England in July 2021, marked, widespread increases in gonorrhea diagnoses, but not testing numbers, were observed, particularly in persons 15–24 years of age. Continued close surveillance and pub

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Gonococcal pericarditis with tamponade - use of molecular technology to improve diagnosis and management

Autor: Henrietta Bristowe, Michaela Day, Helen Fifer, Mauricio Arias

Publikováno v: International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 134, Iss , Pp 150-152 (2023)

We report a case of gonococcal pericarditis, which was unexpected due to its extremely unusual occurrence. A 42-year-old man presented with fever, chest pain, dyspnea, and tachycardia. He was initially stable but rapidly deteriorated, developing peri

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Developing a model to predict individualised treatment for gonorrhoea: a modelling study

Autor: Hamish Mohammed, Helen Fifer, Jonathan Ross, Maya Gobin, Katy M E Turner, Lucy Findlater, Oliver Geffen Obregon

Publikováno v: BMJ Open, Vol 11, Iss 6 (2021)

Objective To develop a tool predicting individualised treatment for gonorrhoea, enabling treatment with previously recommended antibiotics, to reduce use of last-line treatment ceftriaxone.Design A modelling study.Setting England and Wales.Participan

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Europe-wide expansion and eradication of multidrug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae lineages: a genomic surveillance study

Autor: Leonor Sánchez-Busó, Michelle J Cole, Gianfranco Spiteri, Michaela Day, Susanne Jacobsson, Daniel Golparian, Noshin Sajedi, Corin A Yeats, Khalil Abudahab, Anthony Underwood, Benjamin Bluemel, David M Aanensen, Magnus Unemo, Sonja Pleininger, Alexander Indra, Irith De Baetselier, Wim Vanden Berghe, Blaženka Hunjak, Tatjana Nemeth Blažić, Panayiota Maikanti-Charalambous, Despo Pieridou, Hana Zákoucká, Helena Žemličková, Steen Hoffmann, Susan Cowan, Lasse Jessen Schwartz, Rita Peetso, Jevgenia Epstein, Jelena Viktorova, Ndeindo Ndeikoundam, Beatrice Bercot, Cécile Bébéar, Florence Lot, Susanne Buder, Klaus Jansen, Vivi Miriagou, Georgios Rigakos, Vasilios Raftopoulos, Eszter Balla, Mária Dudás, Lena Rós Ásmundsdóttir, Guðrún Sigmundsdóttir, Guðrún Svanborg Hauksdóttir, Thorolfur Gudnason, Aoife Colgan, Brendan Crowley, Sinéad Saab, Paola Stefanelli, Anna Carannante, Patrizia Parodi, Gatis Pakarna, Raina Nikiforova, Antra Bormane, Elina Dimina, Monique Perrin, Tamir Abdelrahman, Joël Mossong, Jean-Claude Schmit, Friedrich Mühlschlegel, Christopher Barbara, Francesca Mifsud, Alje Van Dam, Birgit Van Benthem, Maartje Visser, Ineke Linde, Hilde Kløvstad, Dominique Caugant, Beata Młynarczyk-Bonikowska, Jacinta Azevedo, Maria-José Borrego, Marina Lurdes Ramos Nascimento, Peter Pavlik, Irena Klavs, Andreja Murnik, Samo Jeverica, Tanja Kustec, Julio Vázquez Moreno, Asuncion Diaz, Raquel Abad, Inga Velicko, Helen Fifer, Jill Shepherd, Lynsey Patterson

Publikováno v: The Lancet. Microbe, 3(6), e452-e463. Elsevier Ltd

Centre for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance and the Euro-GASP study group: Sonja Pleininger, Alexander Indra, Irith De Baetselier, Wim Vanden Berghe, Blaženka Hunjak, Tatjana Nemeth Blažić, Panayiota Maikanti-Charalambous, Despo Pieridou, Hana Zákou

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https://doi.org/10.1016/s2666-5247(22)00044-1

Investigating the role of whole genome sequencing in syphilis epidemiology: an English case study

Autor: Mathew A. Beale, Louise Thorn, Michelle J. Cole, Rachel Pitt, Hannah Charles, Michael Ewens, Patrick French, Malcolm Guiver, Emma E. Page, Erasmus Smit, Jaime H. Vera, Katy Sinka, Gwenda Hughes, Michael Marks, Helen Fifer, Nicholas R. Thomson

BackgroundSyphilis is a sexually transmitted bacterial infection caused byTreponema pallidumsubspeciespallidum, with approximately 6.3 million annual cases globally. Over the last decade, syphilis rates have risen dramatically in many high-income cou

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https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.12.02.22283031