hselogo hpsclogo Slogan
  • RSS
  • Data Privacy
  • Cookie Policy
  • +353 1 8765300
  • Home
  • Menu
  • About HPSC
  • Notifiable Diseases
  • Health Topics A-Z
  • Disease Data
  • COVID-19
  • Publications
  • Home
  • A - Z
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • Gonorrhoea
  • AMR Gonorrhoea
  • AMR gonorrhoea guidance

AMR Gonorrhoea Guidance

National guidelines for the prevention and control of gonorrhoea and for minimising the impact of antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

File Size: (2MB)
Publication Date: 2017

Latest treatment guidelines

The treatment guidelines have been updated. For the latest treatment guidelines, please see 

https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/2/gp/antibiotic-prescribing/conditions-and-treatments/genital/gonorrhoea/gonorrhoea.html

Protocols for Ceftriaxone (and not Azithromycin) resistant and high level Azithromycin (and not Ceftriaxone) resistant cases of gonorrhoea are available on the HPSC website. Enhanced surveillance forms are available on request from hpsc@hse.ie or your local Department of Public Health.

For cases resistant to both ceftriaxone and azithromycin, please see treatment failure enhanced surveillance form.

Last updated: 17 November 2022

National Guidelines - Chapters

Chapter 1 - Terms of reference, introduction and background

Chapter 2 - Surveillance and epidemiology of gonorrhoea and AMR in gonorrhoea

Chapter 3 - Prevention of gonorrhoea

Chapter 4 - Clinical management of gonorrhoea and partner notifications

Chapter 5 - Laboratory diagnosis of gonorrhoea

Chapter 6 - Public health response to suspected cephalosporin resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae

AMR gonorrhoea guidance

  • Antimicrobial resistance and/or treatment failure

Find a Topic


Topics A - Z

Publications

  • Summary of COVID-19 virus variants in Ireland 26 September 2023
  • Data on S. aureus/MRSA invasive bloodstream infections from acute hospitals, 2018-2022 (all public and private hospitals, complete datasets of historic data and interactive database with trends) [Excel file; posted 25/09/2023] 25 September 2022
  • Summary of key antimicrobial resistance data in Ireland by pathogen and year, 2018-2022 [PDF; posted 25/09/2023] 25 September 2023
  • EARS-Net data on antimicrobial resistance in Ireland, 2022 (slide set) [Powerpoint file; posted 25/09/2023] 25 September 2022

News

  • HPSC releases updated version of COVID-19 Data Hub 14 September 2023
  • Botulism outbreak linked to restaurant in Bordeaux, France 13 September 2023
  • Mpox in Ireland: latest update 13 September 2023
  • Monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 variants in Ireland 21 August 2023

25-27 Middle Gardiner St, Dublin 1 Ireland. t: +353 1 8765300 f: +353 1 8561299
 

© Health Protection Surveillance Centre 2011-2020

wai
Cookie Settings