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Characterization of Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains with decreased susceptibility to fluoroquinolones isolated in Greece from 1996 to 1999.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Sept 2000
Mavroidi A, Tzouvelekis L S, Tassios P T, Flemetakis A, Daniilidou M, Tzelepi E
Abstract excerpt
Of the 331 Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains isolated in Greece from 1996 to 1999, 39 (11.8%) exhibited decreased susceptibility to quinolones due to gyrA and parC mutations. Conventional typing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis showed that 34 of these isolates were clonally related. Epidemiological data indicated that the epidemic clone was sustained in a group of high-frequency transmitters.
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