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Characterization of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Strains with Decreased Susceptibility to Fluoroquinolones Isolated in Greece from 1996 to 1999

Angeliki Mavroidi, L. S. Tzouvelekis, Panayotis T. Tassios, Alexandros Flemetakis, Maria Daniilidou

Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2000 · 19 citations · 17 references

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Of the 331 Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains isolated in Greece from 1996 to 1999, 39 (11.8%) exhibited decreased susceptibility to quinolones due to gyrA and parC mutations. Conventional typing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis showed that 34 of these isolates were clonally related. Epidemiological data indicated that the epidemic clone was sustained in a group of high-frequency transmitters.

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