Genomic analysis of urogenital and rectal Neisseria meningitidis isolates reveals encapsulated hyperinvasive meningococci and coincident multidrug-resistant gonococci

OBJECTIVE: Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) outbreaks in men who have sex with men (MSM) have been associated with meningococcal colonisation of the urethra and rectum, but little is known about this colonisation or co-colonisation with the closely related gonococcus. Whole genome sequencing (WG...

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Published in:Sex Transm Infect
Main Authors: Harrison, Odile B, Cole, Kevin, Peters, Joanna, Cresswell, Fiona, Dean, Gillian, Eyre, David W, Paul, John, Maiden, Martin CJ
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Basic Science
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5574384/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28137933
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2016-052781
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