In Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the mosaic structure of the penA gene (encoding penicillin-binding protein 2 [PBP 2]), which is composed of fragments of the penA genes from Neisseria cinerea and Neisseria perflava, has been significantly associated with decreased susceptibility to cephalosporins, particularly oral cephalosporins. The aim of this study was to develop a rapid assay for the detection of...

Neisseria gonorrhoeae is one of the most prevalent sexually transmitted diseases worldwide with more than 100 million new infections per year. A lack of intense research over the last decades and increasing resistances to the recommended antibiotics call for a better understanding of gonococcal infection, fast diagnostics and therapeutic measures against N. gonorrhoeae. Therefore, the aim of th...

The emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) underline the need of "antibiotic-free" strategies for the control of gonorrhea. The aim of this study was to assess the anti-gonococcal activity of 14 vaginal Lactobacillus strains, belonging to different species (L. crispatus, L. gasseri, L. vaginalis), isolated from healthy pre-menopausal women. In particular,...

OBJECTIVES To determine the antimicrobial susceptibility and genotype distribution of Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains isolated from a cohort of patients in Nuuk, Greenland in order to assess the risk of rapid spread in the event of introduction of new strains. METHODS Gonococcal isolates (n=102) obtained from a prospective cohort study of ciprofloxacin resistance were collected between March 20...

Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated from patients with disseminated infection are often of the porin (Por1A) serotype and resist killing by nonimmune normal human serum. The molecular basis of this resistance (termed stable serum resistance) in these strains has not been fully defined but is not related to sialylation of lipooligosaccharide. Here we demonstrate that Por1A bearing gonococcal strains ...

A bank of gonococcal DNA was constructed in the lambda gt11 expression vector. immunological screening of the bank resulted in the isolation of a clone that contains the structural gene of protein III. In addition, several clones reactive with mAbs specific for the H8 antigen were isolated. DNA hybridization studies revealed that these H8-reactive clones were derived from three different gonoco...

Of 2021 men attending a venereal disease clinic during a 20-month period, 527 (26·1%) harboured Chlamydia trachomatis, 310 (15·3%) Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and 94 (4·7%) both organisms. C trachomatis and N gonorrhoeae were isolated in 163 (15·7%) and 141 (13·8%) respectively of 1039 women attending the same clinic over a one-year period; 44 (4·2%) women harboured both organisms.Contact-tracing wa...

Factors involved in the specificity of DNA uptake by competent Neisseria gonorrhoeae were examined. Host-controlled modification did not affect uptake. Certain restriction fragments of the 4.2 kb gonococcal cryptic plasmid pFA1 and of the replicative form of the bacteriophage M13 were taken up in preference to others, independent of differences in fragment size. A 600 bp fragment from the 4.2 k...

BACKGROUND Neisseria gonorrhoeae (N. gonorrhoeae) resistance to antimicrobial has been a major concern in China, and epidemiological data on N. gonorrhoeae resistance are not well understood. This meta-analysis was aimed at summarizing the evidence on N. gonorrhoeae resistance to penicillin, tetracycline, ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone and spectinomycin in China. METHODS Two researchers independe...

Commercial sex workers (CSWs) serve as the most important reservoir of sexually transmitted diseases (STD), including gonorrhea. Periodic monitoring of the antimicrobial susceptibility profile of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in a high-risk population provides essential clues regarding the rapidly changing pattern of antimicrobial susceptibilities. A study concerning the prevalence of gonococcal infect...