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<jats:italic>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</jats:italic>
has well-characterized oxidative stress defense systems that protect against oxidative killing in in vitro assays. In contrast, mutant strains of
<jats:italic>N. gonorrhoeae</jats:italic>
lacking oxidative stress defenses are identical to the wild type when tested in an ex vivo survival assay using human polymorphonuclear leukocytes.
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