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.

Brooks, Avril; Lucidarme, Jay; Campbell, Helen; Campbell, Laura; Fifer, Helen; Gray, Steve; Hughes, Gwenda; Lekshmi, Aiswarya; Schembri, Gabriel; Rayment, Michael; +3 more... Ladhani, Shamez N; Ramsay, Mary E; Borrow, Ray; (2020) 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. Eurosurveillance, 25 (15). pp. 2-5. ISSN 1025-496X DOI: https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.15.2000375

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.

Additional Information

Item Type	Article
Faculty and Department	Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
PubMed ID	32317054
Elements ID	159340