Open AccessEmergence of a novel urogenital-tropic Neisseria meningitidis
Author(s) -
José A. Bazan,
David S. Stephens,
Abigail Norris Turner
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
current opinion in infectious diseases/current opinion in infectious diseases, with evaluated medline
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.68
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1080-7861
pISSN - 0951-7375
DOI - 10.1097/qco.0000000000000697
Subject(s) - medicine , neisseria meningitidis , genitourinary system , neisseria gonorrhoeae , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , genetics , biology
Neisseria meningitidis (Nm) is primarily associated with asymptomatic nasopharyngeal carriage and invasive meningococcal disease (sepsis and meningitis), but like N. gonorrhoea (Ng), Nm can colonize urogenital and rectal mucosal surfaces and cause disease. First noted in 2015, but with origins in 2011, male urethritis clusters caused by a novel Nm clade were reported in the USA (the US_NmUC). This review describes research developments that characterize this urogenital-tropic Nm.