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Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Outbreaks

Prolyliminopeptidase-negative N. gonorrhoeae strain circulating in Denmark

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, October 4th, 2005

At least one prolyliminopeptidase-negative Neisseria gonorrhoeae strain is circulating in Denmark.

"In the study presented here 26 recent Danish clinical isolates of prolyliminopeptidase (PIP)-negative Neisseria gonorrhoeae were phenotypically and genotypically characterized to investigate whether one or more PIP-negative strains are circulating in the Danish community.

"The profiles of these isolates were compared with those of three isolates from a recent outbreak of PIP-negative N. gonorrhoeae infection in the U.K.," wrote investigators in Denmark.

"Twenty-five of the Danish isolates and all three U.K....

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