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Emergence of meningococci with reduced susceptibility to third-generation cephalosporins

Author(s) -

AlaEddine Deghmane,

Eva Hong,

MuhamedKheir Taha

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkw400

Subject(s) - neisseria meningitidis , microbiology and biotechnology , cephalosporin , multilocus sequence typing , penicillin , meningococcal disease , antibiotics , biology , neisseriaceae , neisseria gonorrhoeae , virology , genotype , gene , bacteria , genetics

Reduced susceptibility to penicillin G in Neisseria meningitidis is mainly due to alterations in PBP2 encoded by the penA gene. However, this phenotype was not associated with reduced susceptibility to third-generation cephalosporins (C3Gs). We aimed to study the emergence of meningococci with reduced susceptibility to C3Gs (MIC >0.06 mg/L) in France since 2012.

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