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

Avril Brooks, Jay Lucidarme*, Helen Campbell, Laura Campbell, Helen Fifer, Steve Gray, Gwenda Hughes, Aiswarya Lekshmi, Gabriel Schembri, Michael Rayment, Shamez Ladhani, Mary Ramsay, Raymond Borrow

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2000375
JournalEurosurveillance
Volume25
Issue number15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Apr 2020

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