We report a recent (2018) gonorrhoeal urethritis caused by a multidrug-resistant strain in China. The isolated strain from a male and female pair expressed high-level resistance to spectinomycin (SPC), azithromycin, and other antibiotics but was sensitive to ceftriaxone. The SPC high-level resistance (MIC = 2048 mg/L) was due to a small deletion in that caused two amino acid changes in ribosomal protein S5.

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