{"id":1747,"date":"2022-10-20T13:02:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T20:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfas\/?page_id=1747"},"modified":"2026-05-05T10:33:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T17:33:47","slug":"washington-state-antimicrobial-resistant-gonococcal-infection-argc-center-of-excellence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfas\/washington-state-antimicrobial-resistant-gonococcal-infection-argc-center-of-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington State Antimicrobial Resistant Gonococcal Infection (ARGC) Center of Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) designated drug-resistant\u00a0<em>Neisseria gonorrhoeae<\/em>\u00a0one of the top five antibiotic resistant threats facing the United States.<sup>1<\/sup>\u00a0The CDC monitors\u00a0<strong>antimicrobial resistant gonococcal infection (ARGC)<\/strong>\u00a0through (1) the Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP), established in 1986, and (2) Strengthening the U.S. Response to Resistant Gonorrhea (SURRG), established in 2016. Public Health \u2013 Seattle &amp; King County (PHSKC) participates in both activities.\u00a0 The Washington State ARGC Center of Excellence is a collaboration between the University of Washington, PHSKC, and the Washington State Department of Health, and is designed to prepare for and respond to the emergence of ARGC in Washington State.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><sup>1<\/sup>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/antimicrobial-resistance\/media\/pdfs\/2019-ar-threats-report-508.pdf\">https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/antimicrobial-resistance\/media\/pdfs\/2019-ar-threats-report-508.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) designated drug-resistant\u00a0Neisseria gonorrhoeae\u00a0one of the top five antibiotic resistant threats facing the United States.1\u00a0The CDC monitors\u00a0antimicrobial resistant gonococcal infection (ARGC)\u00a0through (1) the Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP), established in 1986, and (2) Strengthening the U.S. Response to Resistant Gonorrhea (SURRG), established in 2016. Public Health \u2013 Seattle&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfas\/washington-state-antimicrobial-resistant-gonococcal-infection-argc-center-of-excellence\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Washington State Antimicrobial Resistant Gonococcal Infection (ARGC) Center of Excellence\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1747","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1747"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2200,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1747\/revisions\/2200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/cfas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}