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Programa Australiano de Vigilancia de la Gonorrea, 1 de abril a 30 de junio de 2025
Monica Lahra1, Siobhan Hurley2, Sebastiaan Van Hal3
1The World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for STI and AMR and Neisseria Reference Laboratory, NSW Health Pathology, Microbiology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia; School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia. monica.lahra@health.nsw.gov.au.
Communicable diseases intelligence (2018)
|January 27, 2026
Resumen
La resistencia a los antimicrobianos en Neisseria gonorrhoeae está cambiando las recomendaciones de tratamiento en Australia. Las cepas resistentes a la penicilina en el Territorio del Norte ahora se alinean con las pautas nacionales para el tratamiento de la gonorrea.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Microbiología
- Salud Pública
- Enfermedades Infecciosas
Sus antecedentes:
- La Red Nacional de Neisseria (NNN) ha monitoreado la susceptibilidad antimicrobiana de Neisseria gonorrhoeae desde 1981.
- El Programa Australiano de Vigilancia de la Gonorrea (AGSP) informa sobre antibióticos clave que incluyen ceftriaxona, azitromicina, ciprofloxacina, penicilina, gentamicina y tetraciclina.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Informar sobre los perfiles de susceptibilidad antimicrobiana de los aislados de Neisseria gonorrhoeae en Australia.
- Informar las recomendaciones de tratamiento para la gonorrea basándose en los patrones de resistencia en evolución.
Principales métodos:
- Recopilación y presentación de datos a través del Programa Australiano de Vigilancia de la Gonorrea (AGSP).
- Monitoreo de los perfiles de susceptibilidad antimicrobiana para Neisseria gonorrhoeae en los estados y territorios australianos.
- Existen procesos de garantía de calidad específicos del programa.
Principales resultados:
- Históricamente, existieron variaciones geográficas en la susceptibilidad de Neisseria gonorrhoeae, con algunas regiones remotas mostrando baja resistencia.
- Desde enero de 2023, el aumento de Neisseria gonorrhoeae resistente a la penicilina en el Territorio del Norte ha llevado a la revisión de las recomendaciones de tratamiento.
- El tratamiento recomendado actual para la gonorrea en Australia es ceftriaxona combinada con azitromicina.
Conclusiones:
- Los patrones de resistencia a los antimicrobianos en Neisseria gonorrhoeae exigen una vigilancia continua y la adaptación de las pautas de tratamiento.
- Los cambios en la resistencia de Neisseria gonorrhoeae, en particular la resistencia a la penicilina en el Territorio del Norte, han estandarizado las recomendaciones de tratamiento de la gonorrea a nivel nacional.
- El AGSP desempeña un papel crucial en el monitoreo y la guía de las estrategias de tratamiento de la gonorrea en Australia.
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