Emergence of a Urogenital Pathotype of Neisseria meningitidis

• Autores: Charlene M. Kahler
• Localización: Trends in microbiology, ISSN 0966-842X, Vol. 25, Nº. 7, 2017, págs. 510-512
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Neisseria meningitidis is the causative agent of transmissible sepsis and meningitis in humans. A urogenital pathotype of N. meningitidis as the causative agent of transmissible urethritis in the USA has been recently characterised. This pathotype belongs to clonal complex 11 and has lost capsule production but gained anaerobic growth.