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Genetic Resistance Determinants for Cefixime and Molecular Analysis of Gonococci Isolated in Italy.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Mar 2017
Carannante Anna, Vacca Paola, Ghisetti Valeria, Latino Maria Agnese, Cusini Marco, Matteelli Alberto, Vocale Caterina, Prignano Grazia, Leli Christian, Ober Patrizia, Antonetti Raffaele, Poletti Federica, Stefanelli Paola
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A strictly defined subset of gonococci (n = 65) isolated in Italy from 2011 to 2014 was characterized by antimicrobial susceptibility for cefixime (CFM) and ceftriaxone (CRO) and by sequencing of resistance determinant genes (penA, mtrR, porB1b, ponA) for extended-spectrum cephalosporins and Neisseria gonorrhoeae multiantigen sequence typing (NG-MAST). The penA mosaic alleles XXXIV and XXXV were found in all...
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