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Prevalence, phenotypic and genetic characteristics of prolyliminopeptidase-negative Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates in Sweden during 2000-2007.
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica - 1 Dec 2009
Johansson Emma, Fredlund Hans, Unemo Magnus
Abstract excerpt
In Neisseria gonorrhoeae culture diagnostics, species confirmation is commonly performed using commercial biochemical tests relying on prolyliminopeptidase (PIP) activity. It was previously shown that one PIP-negative strain was mainly globally transmitted during 2000-2004. The aims were to investigate the prevalence and phenotypic and genetic characteristics of PIP-negative N. gonorrhoeae isolates in Sweden...
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