| Literature DB >> 35350171 |
Sara E Oliver1, Adam C Retchless1, Amy E Blain1, Lucy A McNamara1, Susann Ahrabifard2, Monica Farley3, Don Weiss4, Elizabeth Zaremski5, Xin Wang1, Susan Hariri1.
Abstract
We describe cases of invasive meningococcal disease caused by nongroupable Neisseria meningitidis belonging to a novel phylogenetic clade associated with urethritis. Seven cases were identified, comprising 0.6% of sequenced invasive meningococcal disease isolates from 2013 to 2017. Five patients had a known or likely immunocompromising condition, including 2 with a complement deficiency. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America 2022.Entities:
Keywords: Neisseria meningitidis; meningococcal disease; novel urethritis clade
Year: 2022 PMID: 35350171 PMCID: PMC8944325 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac035
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Open Forum Infect Dis ISSN: 2328-8957 Impact factor: 3.835