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. 2022 Dec 12;10(1):ofac661.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac661. eCollection 2023 Jan.

Antibiotic Susceptibility Profile for the US Neisseria meningitidis Urethritis Clade

Jose A Bazan  1   2 , Yih-Ling Tzeng  3 , Katarina M Bischof  4 , Sarah W Satola  3 , David S Stephens  3 , Jennifer L Edwards  5 , Alexandria Carter  1 , Brandon Snyder  1 , Abigail Norris Turner  1   4
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Antibiotic Susceptibility Profile for the US Neisseria meningitidis Urethritis Clade

Jose A Bazan et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. .

Abstract

The US Neisseria meningitidis urethritis clade (US_NmUC) harbors gonococcal deoxyribonucleic acid alleles and causes gonorrhea-like urogenital tract disease. A large convenience sample of US_NmUC isolates (N = 122) collected between January 2015 and December 2019 in Columbus, Ohio demonstrated uniform susceptibility to antibiotics recommended for gonorrhea treatment and meningococcal chemoprophylaxis.

Keywords: Neisseria spp; US_NmUC; antibiotic resistance; antibiotic susceptibility; urethritis.

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Potential conflicts of interest. All authors: No reported conflicts of interest.

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