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

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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Main Authors: Mowlaboccus, S., Jolley, K., Bray, J., Pang, S., Lee, Y., Bew, J., Speers, D., Keil, A., Coombs, Geoffrey, Kahler, C.
Format: Journal Article
Published: US Department of Health and Human Services 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67888

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67888

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