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Clonal expansion of new penicillin-resistant clade of neisseria meningitidis serogroup w clonal complex 11, Australia
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Clonal expansion of new penicillin-resistant clade of neisseria meningitidis serogroup w clonal complex 11, Australia

S. Mowlaboccus, K.A. Jolley, J.E. Bray, S. Pang, Y.T. Lee, J.D. Bew, D.J. Speers, A.D. Keil, G.W. Coombs and C.M. Kahler
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol.23(8), pp.1364-1367
2017
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Abstract

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 affect treatment regimens for this disease

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1 Clinical & Life Sciences
1.23 Antibiotics & Antimicrobials
1.23.714 Neisseria/Haemophilus
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