Transcontinental Dissemination of the L2b/D-Da Recombinant Chlamydia trachomatis Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) Strain: Need of Broad Multi-Country Molecular Surveillance. (29th January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Borges, Vítor; Isidro, Joana; Correia, Cristina; Cordeiro, Dora; Vieira, Luís; Lodhia, Zohra; Fernandes, Cândida; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Azevedo, Jacinta; Alves, João; Roxo, João; Rocha, Miguel; Côrte-Real, Rita; Toscano, Cristina; Pessanha, Maria Ana; Nissan, Israel; Pilo, Shlomo; Rorman, Efrat; Dveyrin, Zeev; Paitan, Yossi; Paran, Haim; Wagner-Kolasko, Gal; Beirnes, Jennifer; Gibbons, Suzanne; Severini, Alberto; Borrego, Maria José; Gomes, João Paulo
• Is Part Of: Clinical infectious diseases. Volume 73:Number 4(2021)
• Page Start: e1004
• Page End: e1007
• Publication Date: 2021-01-29
• Subjects: Chlamydia trachomatis -- lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) -- recombination -- intercontinental dissemination -- fluoroquinolones resistance; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; 616.905
• DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab067
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1058-4838

Abstract

Abstract: Previously, we identified a Chlamydia trachomatis lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) recombinant strain possessing a non-LGV ompA genotype. Here, culture-independent genome sequencing confirms its circulation in Europe, Middle East, and North America, and unveils emergence of antibiotic resistance. Broad surveillance is needed.