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Detection of the United States Neisseria meningitidis urethritis clade in the United Kingdom, August and December 2019 - emergence of multiple antibiotic resistance calls for vigilance.

Brooks, A; Lucidarme, J; Campbell, H; Campbell, L; Fifer, H; Gray, S; Hughes, G; Lekshmi, A; Schembri, G; Rayment, M; et al. Brooks, A; Lucidarme, J; Campbell, H; Campbell, L; Fifer, H; Gray, S; Hughes, G; Lekshmi, A; Schembri, G; Rayment, M; Ladhani, SN; Ramsay, ME; Borrow, R (2020) Detection of the United States Neisseria meningitidis urethritis clade in the United Kingdom, August and December 2019 - emergence of multiple antibiotic resistance calls for vigilance. Euro Surveill, 25 (15). ISSN 1560-7917 https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.15.2000375
SGUL Authors: Ladhani, Shamez Nizarali

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Abstract

Since 2015 in the United States (US), the US Neisseria meningitidis urethritis clade (US_NmUC) has caused a large multistate outbreak of urethritis among heterosexual males. Its 'parent' strain caused numerous outbreaks of invasive meningococcal disease among men who have sex with men in Europe and North America. We highlight the arrival and dissemination of US_NmUC in the United Kingdom and the emergence of multiple antibiotic resistance. Surveillance systems should be developed that include anogenital meningococci.

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Keywords: Heterosexual, Invasive meningococcal disease, MSM, Meningococcal, Urethritis, antibiotic resistance
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: Academic Structure > Infection and Immunity Research Institute (INII)
Journal or Publication Title: Euro Surveill
ISSN: 1560-7917
Language: eng
Dates:
DateEvent
16 April 2020Published
15 April 2020Accepted
Publisher License: Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
PubMed ID: 32317054
Web of Science ID: WOS:000527377500001
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URI: https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/111996
Publisher's version: https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.15.2000375

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