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<i>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</i> diagnostic escape from a <i>gyrA</i> -based test for ciprofloxacin susceptibility can lead to increased zoliflodacin resistance
2022-08-12
Abstract excerpt
The etiologic agent of gonorrhea, Neisseria gonorrhoeae , has become resistant to each of the first line antibiotics used to treat it. However, most isolates in the US remain susceptible to ciprofloxacin, leading to the hypothesis that a diagnostic that accurately reports susceptibility to ciprofloxacin may allow its reintroduction into clinical use. One diagnostic approach is to identify codon 91 in gyrA , wher...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 99c22740-2c22-5227-82e1-361c4ce018cf
- DOI
- 10.1101/2022.08.10.503517
