Risk Factors for Invasive Meningococcal Disease Belonging to a Novel Urethritis Clade of Neisseria meningitidis—United States, 2013–2017. (25th January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Oliver, Sara E; Retchless, Adam C; Blain, Amy E; McNamara, Lucy A; Ahrabifard, Susann; Farley, Monica; Weiss, Don; Zaremski, Elizabeth; Wang, Xin; Hariri, Susan
• Is Part Of: Open forum infectious diseases. Volume 9:Number 4(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-01-25
• Subjects: meningococcal disease -- Neisseria meningitidis -- novel urethritis clade; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Medical microbiology -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; 616.9
• DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac035
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2328-8957

Abstract

Abstract: 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.