Microbial genomicsNeisseria meningitidisWestern AustraliaHumansWhole Genome SequencingPenicillin Resistance
Microevolution associated with clonal expansion of a hypervirulent, penicillin-resistant lineage of Neisseria meningitidis in Western Australia.
August Mikucki, Eng Guan Chua, Chin Yen Tay, Michael J Wise, Geoffrey W Coombs, David J Speers, Shakeel Mowlaboccus, Charlene M Kahler
Published: 202510.1099/mgen.0.001530
Abstract
Neisseria meningitidis is a colonizer of the human nasopharynx which occasionally causes invasive meningococcal disease. Despite numerous reports of penicillin-resistant isolates, antimicrobial-resistant meningococcal clones have historically not per…
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