Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2019)

Neonatal Conjunctivitis Caused by Neisseria meningitidis US Urethritis Clade, New York, USA, August 2017

  • Cecilia B. Kretz,
  • Genevieve Bergeron,
  • Margaret Aldrich,
  • Danielle Bloch,
  • Paula E. Del Rosso,
  • Tanya A. Halse,
  • Belinda Ostrowsky,
  • Qinghuan Liu,
  • Edimarlyn Gonzalez,
  • Enoma Omoregie,
  • Ludwin Chicaiza,
  • Greicy Zayas,
  • Bun Tha,
  • Angela Liang,
  • Jade C. Wang,
  • Michael Levi,
  • Scott Hughes,
  • Kimberlee A. Musser,
  • Don Weiss,
  • Jennifer L. Rakeman

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2505.181631
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 5
pp. 972 – 975

Abstract

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We characterized a case of neonatal conjunctivitis in New York, USA, caused by Neisseria meningitidis by using whole-genome sequencing. The case was a rare occurrence, and the isolate obtained belonged to an emerging clade (N. meningitidis US nongroupable urethritis) associated with an increase in cases of urethritis since 2015.

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