Sood S, Mahajan N, Singh R, Agrawal SK, Shende T, Kapil A, Kar HK, Sharma VK. Typing of
Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates by phenotypic and genotypic techniques in New Delhi, India.
J Lab Physicians 2019;
11:45-50. [PMID:
30983802 PMCID:
PMC6437833 DOI:
10.4103/jlp.jlp_107_18]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
The objective of this study is to investigate gonococcal isolates using phenotypic and genotypic methods.
METHODOLOGY
Sixty gonococcal isolates obtained were examined. Strains were divided into 9 resistant phenotypes: Chromosomally mediated penicillin-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae (CMRNGP), penicillinase-producing NG (PPNG), chromosomally mediated tetracycline-resistant NG (CMRNGT), TRNG, PPNG and TRNG, CMRNGPT, quinolone resistant NG (QRNG), Azithro R, and decreased susceptibility (DS) to ceftriaxone. These isolates were also subjected to auxotyping and NG-multi-antigen sequence typing (MAST).
RESULTS
Of 60 isolates, 32 (53.33%) PPNG and only one was CMRNGP; 16 (26.66%) were CMRNGT, while 18 (30%) were TRNG. Both PPNG and TRNG found in 13 (21.66%) and none were CMRNGPT. QRNG was seen in 93.33%, 5% Azithromycin R, and 6.66% were DS to ceftriaxone. Based on auxotyping, 24 (40%) nonrequiring, 16 (26.66%) were proline requiring, 13 (21.66%) arginine requiring while 7 (11.66%) belonged to others. The most common ST was 6058 (32.5%). The discriminatory indices of antibiogram, auxotyping and NG-MAST were 0.77, 0.72, and 0.95, respectively.
CONCLUSIONS
NG-MAST is the method of choice for epidemiological studies.
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