Repeat Episodes of Symptomatic Urethritis Due to a Uropathogenic Meningococcal Clade

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Jose A. Bazan, Ohio State University; Yih-Ling Tzeng, Emory University; David Stephens, Emory University; Alexandria M. Carter, Ohio State University; Morgan A. Brown, Ohio State University; Brandon Snyder, Ohio State University; Devlin J. Prince, Columbus Public Health; Abigail Norris Turner, Ohio State University
• Language: English
• Date: 2020-01-01
• Publisher: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
• Publication Version: Author Accepted Manuscript (After Peer Review)
• Copyright Statement: 2020
• License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001079
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
• Volume: 47
• Issue: 1
• Start Page: E1
• End Page: E4
• Grant/Funding Information: This work was supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (R01AI127863 to A.N.T and J.A.B). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH/NIAID.
• Keywords: COLUMBUS; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; OHIO; Science & Technology; Infectious Diseases
• Research Categories: Biology, General; Health Sciences, Epidemiology

Abstract

In 2015, we identified a non-groupable clade of Neisseria meningitidis that causes urethritis in men (the US-NmUC). Because repeat infection is common with Neisseria gonorrhoeae, we examined whether reinfection also occurs with the US-NmUC. We provide evidence that men are susceptible to repeat episodes of urethritis from the US-NmUC.