Estimating the fitness cost and benefit of cefixime resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae to inform prescription policy: A modelling study.
BackgroundGonorrhoea is one of the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infections in England.Over Corner Chair 41,000 cases were recorded in 2015, more than half of which occurred in men who have sex with men (MSM).As the bacterium has developed resistance to each first-line antibiotic in turn, we need an improved understanding of fitness be