Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2019)

Orogenital Transmission of Neisseria meningitidis Causing Acute Urethritis in Men Who Have Sex with Men

  • Arnaud Jannic,
  • Hedi Mammeri,
  • Lise Larcher,
  • Vincent Descamps,
  • William Tosini,
  • Bao Phung,
  • Yazdan Yazdanpanah,
  • Fabrice Bouscarat

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2501.171102
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 1
pp. 175 – 176

Abstract

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Neisseria meningitidis sequence type 11 is an emerging cause of urethritis. We demonstrate by using whole-genome sequencing orogenital transmission of a N. meningitidis sequence type 11 isolate causing urethritis in a monogamous couple of men who have sex with men. These results suggest dissemination of this clonal complex among low-risk patients.

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