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In most African countries including Ethiopia,<jats:italic>Neisseria gonorrhoeae<\/jats:italic>infections were diagnosed clinically and its antibiotic susceptibility was rarely tested. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of<jats:italic>N. gonorrhoeae<\/jats:italic>among suspected patients attending private clinics in Jimma, Ethiopia.<jats:italic>Methods<\/jats:italic>. Institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of<jats:italic>N. gonorrhoeae<\/jats:italic>isolated from urogenital specimens. Urogenital samples were collected aseptically and then transported using Amie\u2019s transport media and processed in a microbiology laboratory following the standard protocol.<jats:italic>Results<\/jats:italic>. Of the total 315 samples examined, 31 (9.8%) were confirmed to have gonococcal infection. Of these, 30 (96.7%) were females. 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