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

Mowlaboccus, S., Jolley, K.A., Bray, J.E., Pang, S., Lee, Y.T., Bew, J.D., Speers, D.J., Keil, A.D., Coombs, G.W. and Kahler, C.M. (2017) Clonal expansion of new penicillin-resistant clade of neisseria meningitidis serogroup w clonal complex 11, Australia. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 23 (8). pp. 1364-1367.

Abstract

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 affect treatment regimens for this disease

Publication Type:	Journal Article
Murdoch Affiliation:	School of Veterinary and Life Sciences
Publisher:	National Center for Infectious Diseases
Copyright:	© 2017, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
URI:	http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/37886

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