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D M Whiley1, A Limnios, N J Moon
1Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Queensland Children s Health Services, Australia. d.whiley@uq.edu.au
Abstract:
The gonococcal porA pseudogene is a popular target for in-house Neisseria gonorrhoeae PCR methods. With this study we present two novel findings: the first case of an N. gonorrhoeae porA pseudogene PCR false-negative result caused by sequence variation, and in the same organism, the first description of a clinical N. gonorrhoeae strain harbouring an N. meningitidis porA sequence.
