Clinical neisseria gonorrhoeae isolate with a N. meningitidis pora gene and no prolyliminopeptidase activity, Sweden, 2011 - danger of false-negative genetic and culture diagnostic results

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Golparian, D ^a   Johansson, E ^a   Unemo, M ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; PORIN A; PROLINE IMINOPEPTIDASE; SPECTINOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOGENE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84857974305     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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