Open AccessLarge Cluster of Neisseria meningitidis Urethritis in Columbus, Ohio, 2015
Author(s) -
José A. Bazan,
Abigail Norris Turner,
Robert D. Kirkcaldy,
Adam C. Retchless,
Cécilia B. Kretz,
Elizabeth C. Briere,
YihLing Tzeng,
David S. Stephens,
Courtney Maierhofer,
Carlos del Rı́o,
A. Jeanine Abrams,
David L. Trees,
Melissa Ervin,
Denisse B. Licon,
Karen S. Fields,
Mysheika Williams Roberts,
Amanda Dennison,
Xin Wang
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix215
Subject(s) - urethritis , neisseria meningitidis , neisseria gonorrhoeae , medicine , chlamydia , gonorrhea , interquartile range , azithromycin , chlamydia trachomatis , gram staining , sexually transmitted disease , microbiology and biotechnology , gynecology , virology , biology , antibiotics , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , syphilis , bacteria , genetics
Neisseria meningitidis (Nm) is a Gram-negative diplococcus that normally colonizes the nasopharynx and rarely infects the urogenital tract. On Gram stain of urethral exudates, Nm can be misidentified as the more common sexually transmitted pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
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