Whole-Genome Sequencing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolates with Antimicrobial Resistance Plasmids from a Homeless Community in Colombia-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Whole-Genome Sequencing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolates with Antimicrobial Resistance Plasmids from a Homeless Community in Colombia

Published:2022-11-17 Issue:11 Volume:11 Page:
ISSN:2576-098X
Container-title:Microbiology Resource Announcements
language:en
Short-container-title:Microbiol Resour Announc

Author:

Gómez Oscar Mauricio¹²^ORCID,Velez Diego E.³,McEwen Juan G.²³,Villegas Aracelly³

Affiliation:

1. School of Microbiology, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia

2. Cellular and Molecular Biology Unit, Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas, Medellín, Colombia

3. Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia

Abstract

Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a pathogenic bacterium causing sexually transmitted infections, and it is associated with high antibiotic resistance rates. Here, we describe the genome sequences of four isolates from a homeless community in Colombia.

Funder

Minciencias

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Genetics,Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous),Molecular Biology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/mra.00623-22

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