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Neisseria gonorrhoeae MtrCDE Efflux Pump During In Vivo Experimental Genital Tract Infection in Men and Mice Reveals the Presence of Within-Host Colonization Bottleneck

2023-06-29 infectious diseases Title + abstract only
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The MtrCDE efflux pump of Neisseria gonorrhoeae exports a wide range of antimicrobial compounds that the gonococcus encounters at mucosal surfaces during colonization and infection. Here, we evaluate the role of this efflux pump system in strain FA1090 in human male urethral infection with a Controlled Human Infection Model. Using the strategy of competitive multi-strain infection with wild-type FA1090 and an isogenic mutant strain that does not contain a functional MtrCDE pump, we found that th...

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