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Tracing subsequent dissemination of a cluster of gonococcal infections caused by an ST1407-related clone harbouring mosaic penA alleles in Taiwan.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Jul 2013
Chen Chun-Chen, Yen Muh-Yong, Wong Wing-Wai, Li Lan-Hui, Huang Yen-Lin, Chen Kuo-Wei, Li Shu-Ying
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OBJECTIVES: Successful clones of Neisseria gonorrhoeae multiantigen sequence typing sequence type (ST) 1407 and ST1407-related genotypes have been reported to cause cefixime and ceftriaxone treatment failure in many countries. We characterized the 47 isolates of a strain cluster of ST4378, a genotype that differs in the porB sequence by only one nucleotide from ST1407, in Taiwan during April 2006 to June 2012....
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