Outbreak of Neisseria gonorrhoeae ST16676 among disseminated infections in Minnesota, USA, 2025

medRxiv 2026 Preprint Open access

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Authors: Daniel R. Evans, Allison La Pointe, Christine Peel, Khalid Bo-Subait, Elizabeth M. Dufort, Jenell Stewart, John Kaiyalethe, Bradley Craft, Matthew R. Plumb, Bonnie Weber, Laura Bohnker-Voels, Kelly Pung
+7 more Alyssa Mondelli, Jacob Garfin, Sarah B. Namugenyi, Paula Snippes-Vagnone, M. Elizabeth Gyllstrom, Kathryn J. Como-Sabetti, Ruth Lynfield
DOI: 10.64898/2026.01.09.26343522
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Abstract

ABSTRACT We summarize an outbreak of N. gonorrhoeae ST16676 associated with disseminated gonococcal infections (DGIs) in Minnesota, USA in 2025. This novel strain replaced ST11184 as the predominant sequence type circulating among DGI cases in the state, encoded a porB1a allele, and carried a tetracycline resistance gene on a mobilizable plasmid.

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Reproductive tract infections research Bacterial Infections and Vaccines Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria

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medRxiv
Publication date
13 January 2026
Document type
Preprint