Molecular typing of Neisseria perflava clinical isolates.

Arij Mechergui (1, 2) , Wafa Achour (1, 2) , Dario Giorgini (3) , Rekaya Baaboura (1, 2) , Muhamed-Kheir Taha (3) , Assia Ben Hassen (1, 2)

1 CNGMO - Centre National de Greffe de la Moëlle osseuse Tunis
2 Faculté de Médecine de Tunis
3 Infections Bactériennes Invasives

Multilocus sequence typing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis were used to type 22 commensal isolates of Neisseria perflava collected by swabbing from neutropenic patients. High genetic diversity was found among our N. perflava clinical isolates.

Keywords: MLST; Neisseria perflava; PFGE

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Bacteriology

Arij Mechergui, Wafa Achour, Dario Giorgini, Rekaya Baaboura, Muhamed-Kheir Taha, et al.. Molecular typing of Neisseria perflava clinical isolates.. APMIS, 2013, 121 (9), pp.843-847. ⟨10.1111/apm.12042⟩. ⟨pasteur-02089345⟩