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. 1995 Apr;33(4):1039–1041. doi: 10.1128/jcm.33.4.1039-1041.1995

Differentiation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates requiring proline, citrulline, and uracil by plasmid content, serotyping, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.

L K Ng 1, M Carballo 1, J A Dillon 1
PMCID: PMC228098  PMID: 7790434

Abstract

A combination of DNA macrorestriction analysis using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and a serotyping method using three panels of monoclonal antibody was used to discriminate 43 epidemiologically unrelated Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates requiring proline, citrulline, and uracil (PCU-) into 35 groups. This indicates that PCU- isolates of N. gonorrhoeae are not clonal.

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