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. 2022 Jan 25;9(4):ofac035.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac035. eCollection 2022 Apr.

Risk Factors for Invasive Meningococcal Disease Belonging to a Novel Urethritis Clade of Neisseria meningitidis-United States, 2013-2017

Sara E Oliver  1 , Adam C Retchless  1 , Amy E Blain  1 , Lucy A McNamara  1 , Susann Ahrabifard  2 , Monica Farley  3 , Don Weiss  4 , Elizabeth Zaremski  5 , Xin Wang  1 , Susan Hariri  1
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Risk Factors for Invasive Meningococcal Disease Belonging to a Novel Urethritis Clade of Neisseria meningitidis-United States, 2013-2017

Sara E Oliver et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. .

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.

Keywords: Neisseria meningitidis; meningococcal disease; novel urethritis clade.

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