Plasmid profile, serogrouping, and auxotyping of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from Africa.
Open Access
- 1 February 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Vol. 59 (1), 41-43
- https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.59.1.41
Abstract
The plasmid patterns of 90 isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae (including 39 penicillinase-producing strains) originating from various countries in Africa were determined. Serogrouping by coagglutination and auxotyping were used to characterise the isolates. The 4.4-megadalton plasmid was present in seven isolates out of 39 penicillinase-producing strains, two of which occurred with a conjugative 24.5-megadalton plasmid. The African strains were predominantly serogroup WI and wild type. Arginine-dependent isolates were as common as proline-dependent types.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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