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

Since 2015 in the United States (US), the US 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...

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Published in:Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles 2020-04, Vol.25 (15), p.2
Main Authors: Brooks, Avril, Lucidarme, Jay, Campbell, Helen, Campbell, Laura, Fifer, Helen, Gray, Steve, Hughes, Gwenda, Lekshmi, Aiswarya, Schembri, Gabriel, Rayment, Michael, Ladhani, Shamez N, Ramsay, Mary E, Borrow, Ray
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Antibiotics
Disease Outbreaks
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Female
Health surveillance
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Neisseria meningitidis - classification
Neisseria meningitidis - isolation & purification
Phylogeny
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
Rapid Communication
United Kingdom - epidemiology
United States
Urethritis - diagnosis
Urethritis - drug therapy
Urethritis - epidemiology
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Summary:Since 2015 in the United States (US), the US 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.
ISSN:1560-7917
1025-496X
1560-7917
DOI:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.15.2000375