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. 2017 Jul;25(7):510-512.
doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2017.05.006. Epub 2017 May 22.

Emergence of a Urogenital Pathotype of Neisseria meningitidis

Charlene M Kahler  1
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Emergence of a Urogenital Pathotype of Neisseria meningitidis

Charlene M Kahler. Trends Microbiol. 2017 Jul.

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.

Keywords: anaerobic metabolism; capsule; clonal complex 11; gonorrhoea; pathotype; urethritis.

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