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This gap limits our ability to anticipate resistance mechanisms that may ultimately emerge in\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Neisseria gonorrhoeae<\/jats:italic>\n                      and\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Neisseria meningitidis<\/jats:italic>\n                      . Here, we analyzed 166 novel commensal\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Neisseria<\/jats:italic>\n                      isolates collected from 31 study participants and measured minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) for seven antimicrobials: azithromycin, cefixime, ceftriaxone, ciprofloxacin, doxycycline, penicillin, and gentamicin. Resistance, defined using the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines, was highly prevalent for azithromycin (76%) and doxycycline (52%), while no resistance to gentamicin was observed. High-level doxycycline resistance was always associated with the inheritance of\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">tetM<\/jats:italic>\n                      . Reduced susceptibility to azithromycin was linked to an MtrD K823E substitution, and reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin was associated with GyrA T91I (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Neisseria subflava<\/jats:italic>\n                      ) or S91V (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Neisseria mucosa<\/jats:italic>\n                      ). Across all antimicrobials, MICs varied widely, indicating the presence of additional modulating mutations. Finally, the genetic determinants underlying low-level doxycycline resistance and reduced penicillin susceptibility remain unresolved. Overall, here, we continue to build on the foundation of surveillance efforts in the commensal\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Neisseria<\/jats:italic>\n                      and continue to flesh out what is known and unknown about this early warning system\u2014or canary in the coal mine\u2014for emerging resistance and clinically consequential evolution in pathogenic\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Neisseria<\/jats:italic>\n                      .\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:sec>\n                      <jats:title>IMPORTANCE<\/jats:title>\n                      <jats:p>\n                        Commensal\n                        <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Neisseria<\/jats:italic>\n                        species constitute a vast and dynamic reservoir of genetic diversity that can be exchanged with pathogenic relatives,\n                        <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Neisseria gonorrhoeae<\/jats:italic>\n                        and\n                        <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Neisseria meningitidis<\/jats:italic>\n                        . 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