“…Interestingly, although the antimicrobial resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, which causes gonococcal urethritis, has been recognized as an emergent critical situation, there have been few reports on the antimicrobial resistance of C. trachomatis. In Japan, the first nationwide surveillance of the antimicrobial susceptibility of C. trachomatis was reported in 2016, and no resistant strains were detected therein [1]. This is the second surveillance project being carried out, since we wanted to monitor the development of antimicrobial resistance with the changing times.…”