Identification of prolyliminopeptidase-negative Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains in Canada
Irene E Martin1, Brigitte Lefebvre, Pam Sawatzky
1Bacteriology and Enteric Diseases Program, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, 1015 Arlington St., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
|July 28, 2010
Abstract:
Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains that fail to produce the enzyme prolyliminopeptidase have been identified in Canada. Commercial test panels use prolyliminopeptidase activity for identification and to avoid the misdiagnosis of gonorrhea, at least 2 distinct methods for the confirmatory identification of N. gonorrhoeae is imperative.
