TABLE 2.

2018 Antibiotic-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae MIC values for CDC notification and WGS selection in the AR Lab Network in comparison to CLSI breakpoints^a

Antibiotic	MIC (μg/ml) for the category
	Quick-send alert	Alert	WGS selectionb	CLSI S breakpointc
Ceftriaxone	≥0.5	≥0.125	≥0.125	≤0.25
Cefixime	≥1.0	≥0.25	≥0.25	≤0.25
Azithromycin	≥16	≥2.0	≥4.0	≤1.0

^aThe AR Lab Network selects additional isolates for sequencing independent of susceptibility to the indicated antibiotics.

^bWGS, whole-genome sequencing.

^cSusceptibility breakpoint as determined by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI).