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Emergence of High Level Azithromycin-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae Strain Isolated in Argentina

Patricia Galarza, Belén Alcalá, Celia Salcedo, Liliana Fernández Canigia, Luis Buscemi, Irene Pagano, Claudia Oviedo, Julio A. Vázquez

Sexually Transmitted Diseases · 2009 · 73 citations · 9 references

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One Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains highly resistant to azithromycin AzHLR (MIC >2048 mg/L) was isolated in Argentina in 2001 and it has been characterized by N. gonorrhoeae multiantigen sequence typing (NG-MAST) as ST696, suggesting a different event to other isolates in Europe. Neither, mtrR mutations or presence of mef gene were detected.

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