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Analysis of penicillinase-producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates in Madrid (Spain) from 1983–85

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

A. Fenoll ,
S. Berrón  and
J. A. Vázquez
A. Fenoll
Affiliation:
Servicio de Bacteriología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Virología e Inmunología Sanitarias, Majadahonda (Madrid), Spain
S. Berrón
Affiliation:
Servicio de Bacteriología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Virología e Inmunología Sanitarias, Majadahonda (Madrid), Spain
J. A. Vázquez
Affiliation:
Servicio de Bacteriología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Virología e Inmunología Sanitarias, Majadahonda (Madrid), Spain
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Between April 1983 and December 1985, 576 strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae were isolated in our laboratory from patients attending Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) clinics. Of these, 61 (10·6%) were penicillinase-producing. Studies on these strains by plasmid analysis, auxotyping and serogrouping showed that the predominant type strains harboured the Asian resistance plasmid, were prototrophic, and were of serogroup WII/WIII. About half of the strains, both of the African and Asian type, harboured the transfer plasmid. Strains of serogroup WII/WIII were less sensitive to tetracycline and cefoxitin than serogroup WI strains.

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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 99 , Issue 2 , October 1987 , pp. 455 - 462
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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