Leanne Barker

TL;DR: A heterosexual male was diagnosed with gonorrhoea in the United Kingdom following sexual intercourse with a locally resident female in Thailand and failed treatment with ceftriaxone plus doxycycline and subsequently spectinomycin, resulting in resistance arose from two mechanisms combining for the first time in a genetic background similar to a commonly circulating strain.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe detection in the United Kingdom (UK) of the drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae FC428 clone, with ceftriaxone resistance and intermediate azithromycin resistance.

TL;DR: Staphylococcal pyomyositis, like tetanus and diphtheria, is established as critically dependent on a single toxin and the potential for association studies to identify specific bacterial genes promoting severe human disease is demonstrated.

TL;DR: Using Nanopore sequencing of urine samples from men with urethral gonorrhea, sufficient data can be obtained to reconstruct whole genomes in the majority of samples without the need for culture, and sequencing of the large majority of the genome was frequently achieved.

TL;DR: In this paper, the pangenome dynamics of natural populations remain understudied, despite their suggested role as reservoirs for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes, and the importance of local strategies for controlling the spread of AMR.