Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Neisseria meningitidis, Delhi, India

Smita Singhal*, Kedar P. Purnapatre*, Vandana Kalia*, Smita Dube*, Deepti Nair†, Monorama Deb†, Pushpa Aggarwal‡, Sunil Gupta§, Dilip J. Upadhyay*, Awdhesh Kalia¶, and V. Samuel Raj*

Author affiliations: *Ranbaxy Research Laboratories, Gurgaon, India; †Vardhman Mahaveer Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India; ‡Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, India; §National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Delhi, India; ¶Caribbean Epidemiology Centre, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago;

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Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) pattern of the Neisseria meningitidis isolates from the outbreak. The chromosomal DNA digested with SpeI enzyme was separated by clamped homogeneous electric fields PFGE (BioRad, Hercules, CA, USA). 1, RRL-1; 2, RRL-2; 3, SFDJ 723; 4, Ap-II 420; 5, SFDJ E-95; 6, IR-I 442, 7, IR-II 440; 8, SFDJ E-100; 9, SFDJ 184; 10, SFDJ E-79; 11, NICD 18.

Figure 1. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) pattern of the Neisseria meningitidis isolates from the outbreak. The chromosomal DNA digested with SpeI enzyme was separated by clamped homogeneous electric fields PFGE (BioRad, Hercules, CA, USA). 1, RRL-1; 2, RRL-2; 3, SFDJ 723; 4, Ap-II 420; 5, SFDJ E-95; 6, IR-I 442, 7, IR-II 440; 8, SFDJ E-100; 9, SFDJ 184; 10, SFDJ E-79; 11, NICD 18.

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