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Table 5.

Penicillin-binding protein 2 (PBP 2) [7] and porB gene sequence cluster (A1-D) in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates (n = 149) cultured from 1998 to 2005 (only isolates with resistance or decreased susceptibility to cefixime in 2002–2005) in Kanagawa area, Japan

PBP 2 (2003–2005, n = 76^a)		A1	A2	A3	B1	B2	C	D
X	X (62)	41	9	0	4	4	2	2
	+ E101D (XXIV) (1)				1
	+ A501V (XXX) (2)	2
XXXIV	XXXIV (1)				1
	+ P551L (XXXII) (2)				2
	+ P551Q (1)				1
-	XXVI (6)	6
PBP 2 (1998–2002, n = 73^b)		A1	A2	A3	B1	B2	C	D
X	X (67)	33	3	2	1	27	1	0
X	+ A532V (XXXI) (1)					1
XXXIV	XXXIV (2)				2
XXXIV	+ A486V (1)				1

^aOne isolate possessed the non-mosaic PBP 2 XIII [7]. The porB sequence from this isolate belonged to the cluster A2

^bTwo isolates possessed the non-mosaic PBP 2 VII and XI [7]