Neisseria gonorrhoeae

A national survey of antimicrobial resistance among N. gonorrhoeae was undertaken in 2014-2015 and 2018-2019.  Reports on these surveys are available below under ‘2015 Reports’ and '2019 Reports'.

Between October 2005 and June 2008, gonococcal antimicrobial susceptibility test results were collected quarterly from the laboratories throughout the country that do the majority of the local gonococcal diagnostic work.  The results were collated to provide current national and local data on antimicrobial resistance among gonococci. These data are reported in the quarterly reports below for the years 2005-2008.  This quarterly surveillance was discontinued in June 2008. 

National gonococcal susceptibility data is also available on an annual basis up until 2013 in reports on this website at http://www.surv.esr.cri.nz/antimicrobial/general_antimicrobial_susceptibility.php. From 2013 gonococcal susceptibility data was collected as part of ESR’s laboratory-based surveillance of STIs and reports are available at https://surv.esr.cri.nz/surveillance/annual_sti.php.