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. 1983 Feb;59(1):41–43. doi: 10.1136/sti.59.1.41

Plasmid profile, serogrouping, and auxotyping of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from Africa.

T O Odugbemi, S T Brown, J Biddle, S Johnson, G Perkins, W DeWitt, W L Albritton
PMCID: PMC1046128  PMID: 6402263

Abstract

The plasmid patterns of 90 isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae (including 39 penicillinase-producing strains) originating from various countries in Africa were determined. Serogrouping by coagglutination and auxotyping were used to characterise the isolates. The 4.4-megadalton plasmid was present in seven isolates out of 39 penicillinase-producing strains, two of which occurred with a conjugative 24.5-megadalton plasmid. The African strains were predominantly serogroup WI and wild type. Arginine-dependent isolates were as common as proline-dependent types.

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