Summary

Through CDC’s AR Lab Network, the Maryland Public Health Laboratory is offering Neisseria gonorrhoeae gradient strip antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) —at no cost—to providers and affiliated laboratories nationwide.

The purpose of this pilot project is to expand capacity for streamlined laboratory identification of antibiotic resistant N. gonorrhoeae.

Action Items

If patients persistently test positive for N. gonorrhoeae (gonococcus or GC) after treatment (with or without symptoms) and reinfection has been ruled out, please consider sending their specimen or isolate for susceptibility testing. Data from this testing helps CDC monitor for new types of resistance and can provide information for treatment decisions.

What are the actions to participate in N. gonorrhoeae gradient strip AST service?

Do one of the following:

Submit a fresh clinical specimen to your local laboratory that performs GC culture, and ask them to save an isolate for shipment to Maryland Public Health Laboratory (MDPHL).
Ask the laboratory that has already isolated GC from your patient to ship the isolate to MDPHL for further testing.
If a local laboratory is not available to perform GC culture, please email MDPHL.arln@maryland.gov to plan specimen collection and shipment for GC culture.

Please see the attachments for full details.

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