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ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to investigate the prevalence, associated clinical manifestations, and co‐infection patterns of Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) infection among patients attending Venereal Disease, Urology, and Gynecology clinics in Hangzhou, China.
Xinmin Qiu +3 more
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Neisseria oralis sp. nov., isolated from healthy gingival plaque and clinical samples [PDF]
A polyphasic analysis was undertaken of seven independent isolates of Gram-negative cocci collected from pathological clinical samples from New York, Louisiana, Florida and Illinois and healthy subgingival plaque from a patient in Virginia, USA.
Carpenter, Andrea N. +13 more
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Advancing prevention of sexually transmitted infections through point-of-care testing : target product profiles and landscape analysis [PDF]
Objectives: Advancing the field of point-of-care testing (POCT) for STIs can rapidly and substantially improve STI control and prevention by providing targeted, essential STI services (case detection and screening).
Blondeel, Karel +5 more
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ABSTRACT The sodium‐pumping ubiquinone oxidoreductase sodium pumping quinone reductase (NQR) is an important enzyme in the respiratory chain of multiple pathogenic gram‐negative bacteria. NQR has been proposed as a viable antibiotic target due to its importance in supporting energy‐consuming reactions and its absence in human cells.
Joseph. A. DePaolo‐Boisvert +3 more
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Antimicrobial susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrheae strains in three regions of Armenia [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: There are no data available on gonococcal susceptibility in the Caucasus region. We aimed to determine in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrheae in Armenia in order to update the national treatment protocol.
Borisenko +6 more
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Organism resembling Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis [PDF]
A problem isolate resembling Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis is reported. Growth and biochemical characteristics indicated the organism to be N. meningitidis, whereas serological characteristics indicated it to be N. gonorrhoeae. This vaginal isolate may be a genetically transformed gonococcus with the ability to utilize maltose ...
D S, Hodge +3 more
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Abstract Background Congenital syphilis rates in the United States have increased significantly over the past decade. Syphilis is a curable infection with the potential for lifelong sequelae in the absence of timely diagnosis and treatment. Routine serologic syphilis screening is universally recommended during prenatal care with the traditional or the ...
Jodie A. Dionne +7 more
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Antigenic variation in the African trypanosome: molecular mechanisms and phenotypic complexity [PDF]
Antigenic variation is an immune evasion strategy that has evolved in viral, bacterial and protistan pathogens. In the African trypanosome this involves stochastic switches in the composition of a variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) coat, using a massive ...
Marcello, Lucio +2 more
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Abstract Repair of Iron Centers (RIC) proteins are present in several pathogens, including Staphylococcus aureus, contributing to resistance to nitroxidative stress and virulence. In this work, we investigated the molecular mechanisms by which S. aureus RIC facilitates iron mobilization, through structural analyses and functional studies.
Frederico M. Lourenço +8 more
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