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Title: Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of prolyliminopeptidase-negative Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates in Denmark.

Authors: H Fjeldsøe-Nielsen, M Unemo, H Fredlund, S V Hjorth, L M Berthelsen, H M Palmer, A Friis-Møller

Journal, date & volume: Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis., 2005 Apr , 24, 280-3

PubMed link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15902536

Abstract
In the study presented here 26 recent Danish clinical isolates of prolyliminopeptidase (PIP)-negative Neisseria gonorrhoeae were phenotypically and genotypically characterized to investigate whether one or more PIP-negative strains are circulating in the Danish community. The profiles of these isolates were compared with those of three isolates from a recent outbreak of PIP-negative N. gonorrhoeae infection in the UK. Twenty-five of the Danish isolates and all three UK isolates had similar antibiograms and were designated serovar IB-4. Genotypic characterization by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, porB1b gene sequencing, and opa-typing revealed that these isolates were indistinguishable or closely related. The results indicate that at least one PIP-negative N. gonorrhoeae strain is currently circulating in the Danish community, and this strain is indistinguishable from the one that caused an outbreak in the UK.