Clonal Expansion of New Penicillin-Resistant Clade of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W Clonal Complex 11, Australia

In Western Australia, Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W clonal complex 11 became the predominant cause of invasive meningococcal disease in 2016. We used core-genome analysis to show emergence of a penicillin-resistant clade that had the penA_253 allele. This new penicillin-resistant clade might af...

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Autores principales: Mowlaboccus, Shakeel, Jolley, Keith A., Bray, James E., Pang, Stanley, Lee, Yung Thin, Bew, Jane D., Speers, David J., Keil, Anthony D., Coombs, Geoffrey W., Kahler, Charlene M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5547816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28609259
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2308.170259

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