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- Title
First report of meningococcal ciprofloxacin resistance in Greece due to invasive isolates of the sequence type ST-3129.
- Authors
Tzanakaki, Georgina; Georgakopoulou, Theano; Xirogianni, Athanasia; Papandreou, Anastasia; Deghmane, Ala-Eddine; Magaziotou, Ioanna; Taha, Muhamed-Kheir
- Abstract
A local outbreak caused by Neisseria meningitidis occurred in the migration camp in the Greek island of Lesbos during January–February 2020 (4 of 5 cases). In total, 5 samples positive for N. meningitidis were further investigated for sero-/genogroup, PorA, and WGS analysis. MenB was found among 3 cases, while in two cases, MenY was identified. WGS analysis and antibiotic susceptibility testing on the 2 culture positive MenB samples showed the new ST-3129, ciprofloxacin-resistant clone was circulating among the immigrants in the aforementioned camp. This is the first report of ciprofloxacin resistance in Greece.
- Subjects
GREECE; LESBOS (Greece : Municipality); CIPROFLOXACIN; NEISSERIA meningitidis; NEOSPORA caninum; NEISSERIA
- Publication
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2020, Vol 39, Issue 12, p2467
- ISSN
0934-9723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10096-020-03965-x