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Neisseria gonorrhoeae strain with reduced susceptibilities to extended-spectrum cephalosporins.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2014
Nguyen Duylinh, Gose Severin, Castro Lina, Chung Kathleen, Bernstein Kyle, Samuel Micheal, Bauer Heidi, Pandori Mark
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The spread of Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains with reduced susceptibility to extended-spectrum cephalosporins is an increasing public health threat. Using Etest and multiantigen sequence typing, we detected sequence type 1407, which is associated with reduced susceptibilities to extended-spectrum cephalosporins, in 4 major populated regions in California, USA, in 2012.
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