Risk Factors for Invasive Meningococcal Disease Belonging to a Novel Urethritis Clade of Neisseria meningitidis—United States, 2013–2017 | Zendy

Sara E. Oliver | Zendy; Adam C. Retchless | Zendy; Amy Blain | Zendy; Lucy A. McNamara | Zendy; Susann AhrabiFard | Zendy; Monica M. Farley | Zendy; Don Weiss | Zendy; Elizabeth F. Zaremski | Zendy; Xin Wang | Zendy; Susan Hariri | Zendy

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Risk Factors for Invasive Meningococcal Disease Belonging to a Novel Urethritis Clade of Neisseria meningitidis—United States, 2013–2017

Author(s) -

Sara E. Oliver,

Adam C. Retchless,

Amy Blain,

Lucy A. McNamara,

Susann AhrabiFard,

Monica M. Farley,

Don Weiss,

Elizabeth F. Zaremski,

Xin Wang,

Susan Hariri

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofac035

Subject(s) - neisseria meningitidis , urethritis , clade , meningococcal disease , medicine , neisseria , neisseriaceae , disease , microbiology and biotechnology , virology , phylogenetic tree , biology , antibiotics , bacteria , genetics , gene

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.

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