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Molecular Typing and Macrolide Resistance of Syphilis Cases in Manitoba, Canada, From 2012 to 2016.
Sexually transmitted diseases - 1 Apr 2018
Shuel Michelle, Hayden Kristy, Kadkhoda Kamran, Tsang Raymond S W
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BACKGROUND: The province of Manitoba, Canada, with a population of approximately 1.3 million, has been experiencing increased incidence of syphilis cases since 2015. In this study, we examined the detection of Treponema pallidum DNA in 354 clinical samples from 2012 to 2016, and determined molecular types and mutations conferring resistance to azithromycin in the polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-positive samples....
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