Skoczyńska A, Kadłubowski M, Waśko I, Hryniewicz W. Characterisation of Neisseria meningitidis C:2b:P1.2,5 isolates in Poland.
Clin Microbiol Infect 2006;
12:1027-30. [PMID:
16961642 DOI:
10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01554.x]
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Abstract
This study aimed to characterise Neisseria meningitidis C:2b:P1.2,5 isolates from Poland, which have now become predominant among serogroup C isolates in this country. Overall, 44 isolates (25 invasive and 19 from contact carriers) were typed by whole-cell ELISA and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Additionally, the invasive isolates were analysed by multilocus sequence typing, which revealed that they all belonged to the ST-8 complex/cluster A4. The emergence of this clone in other countries has resulted in mass immunisation campaigns and has been associated with a higher level of decreased susceptibility to penicillin; however the present study detected only one isolate that was penicillin-non-susceptible.
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