Emergence in Italy of a Neisseria meningitidis clone with decreased susceptibility to penicillin.

ABSTRACT: A rise in invasive diseases due to Neisseria meningitidis C:2b:P1.5 with decreased penicillin susceptibility occurred in Italy during the last 2 years. Real-time PCR identified the Peni phenotype, and the penA sequence revealed the mosaicism of the gene. Molecular analyses assigned the isolates to a single emergent clone of the hypervirulent A4 cluster.

SUBMITTER: Stefanelli P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC478501 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature