TABLE 3.
Most common sequence types in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates in Sweden, 2016.
| Group | MLST |
NG-MAST |
NG-STAR |
NG-STAR CC |
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| 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | |
| MSMa, b (n = 643) | ST8156 (n = 119) | ST1599 (n = 46) | ST5441 (n = 81) | ST5793 (n = 51) | ST442 (n = 119) | ST55 (n = 55) | ST442 (n = 120) | ST63 (n = 74) |
| Heterosexual men (n = 363)a | ST1588 (n = 47) | ST7363 (n = 46) | ST387 (n = 17) | ST18710 (n = 12) | ST158 (n = 22) | ST90, ST729 (n = 16 each) | ST158 (n = 32) | ST893 (n = 30) |
| Women (n = 252) | ST7363 (n = 34) | ST1901, ST1588 (n = 30 each) | ST387 (n = 18) | ST1407, ST5333 (n = 9 each) | ST729 (n = 20) | ST158 (n = 16) | ST893 (n = 29) | ST158 (n = 25) |
| Total cases (n = 1279) | ST8156 (n = 133) | ST7363 (n = 125) | ST5441 (n = 89) | ST5793 (n = 56) | ST442 (n = 133) | ST55, ST158 (n = 63 each) | ST442 (n = 134) | ST158 (n = 100) |
MLST, Multi-Locus Sequence Typing; NG-MAST, Neisseria gonorrhoeae Multi-Antigen Sequence Typing; NG-STAR, Neisseria gonorrhoeae Sequence Typing for Antimicrobial Resistance; NG-STAR CC, Neisseria gonorrhoeae Sequence Typing for Antimicrobial Resistance Clonal Complex; MSM, men who have sex with men.
a21 men did not report sexual orientation and, accordingly, these men were excluded from Table 3.
bIncluding bisexual men.