Emergence of a Urogenital Pathotype of Neisseria meningitidis

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jul 2017 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Trends in Microbiology, volume 25, pages 510-512 (issn: 0966-842X,

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Authors: Charlene M, Kahler;

doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2017.05.006

pmid: 28545723

Emergence of a Urogenital Pathotype of Neisseria meningitidis

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Abstract

Neisseria meningitidis is the causative agent of transmissible sepsis and meningitis in humans. A urogenital pathotype of N. meningitidis as the causative agent of transmissible urethritis in the USA has been recently characterised. This pathotype belongs to clonal complex 11 and has lost capsule production but gained anaerobic growth.

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University of Western Australia
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Keywords

Neisseriaceae Infections, Urethritis, Humans, Urogenital System, Anaerobiosis, Neisseria meningitidis, Communicable Diseases, Emerging, Bacterial Capsules

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