Open AccessRepeat Episodes of Symptomatic Urethritis Due to a Uropathogenic Meningococcal Clade
Author(s) -
José A. Bazan,
Yih-Ling Tzeng,
David S. Stephens,
Alex M. Carter,
Morgan Brown,
Brandon Snyder,
Devlin Prince,
Abigail Norris Turner
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0000000000001079
Subject(s) - medicine , urethritis , clade , gonorrhea , neisseriaceae , meningococcal infections , meningococcal disease , neisseria meningitidis , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , bacteria , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , genetics , gene , biology , phylogenetic tree
In 2015, we identified a non-groupable clade of Neisseria meningitidis that causes urethritis in men (the US_NmUC). Because repeat infection is common with Neisseria gonorrhoeae, we examined whether reinfection also occurs with the US_NmUC. We provide evidence that men are susceptible to repeat episodes of urethritis from the US_NmUC.