California’s Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea (ARGC) Center of Excellence is the online hub for information and resources on antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea to help health care providers and health departments prepare for and respond to antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea within California.

Included below are antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea specific resources for providers, local health jurisdictions, and the public + Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP) data and surveillance information. 

For general information on gonorrhea, please see the CDPH STD Control Branch gonorrhea webpage.

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Provider Resources

For clinical consultation regarding a suspected gonorrhea treatment failure case, please use the STD Clinical Consultation Network.

• Treatment Guidelines
  

• CDC Treatment of Gonococcal Infections
  

• CDPH Gonorrhea Treatment Guidelines and Management of Suspected Treatment Failure (PDF)
  

• CDPH Dear Colleague Letter - Updated Gonorrhea Treatment (PDF)
  

• CDC Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the US Report, 2019 (PDF, 19.8 MB)​
  

• Local Health Department Communicable Disease Contact Information
  

• Neisseria Gonorrhoeae (NG) Culture and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) Availability for California Providers (PDF)
  

Local Health Jurisdiction Resources

• ARGC Quicksheet (PDF)​

• ​​ARGC Questions & Answer Training Guide for Disease Intervention Specialists​ (PDF) (English)
  

• ​​ARGC Questions & Answer Training Guide for Disease Intervention Specialists​ (PDF) (Spanish)
  

• ​​​​California Gonorrhea Treatment Failure ​Protocol for Local Health Departments (PDF)
  

• Suspected Gonorrhea Treatment Failure F​orm​ (PDF)
  

• CDC Health Alert Template for Gonorrhea with Reduced Susceptibility
  

• CDC Division of STD Prevention
  

• CDC Outbreak Response Site
  

• CDC Outbreak Preparedness, Detection, & Response

• ​CDC Talking Points for Gonorrhea with Reduced Susceptibility (Word)
  

Public Resources

• General Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea Information Flyer​ (PDF) (English) 

• General Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea Information Flyer​ (PDF) ​(Spanish)​
  

• ​CDC Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea Video

GISP Data and Surveillance

• Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP) Tables, 2021 (Excel)
  

• Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP) Graphs, 2021 (PPTX)​

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