Meningococcal disease and sexual transmission: urogenital and anorectal infections and invasive disease due to Neisseria meningitidis

SN Ladhani, J Lucidarme, SR Parikh, H Campbell… - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Neisseria meningitidis is an obligate human commensal bacterium that frequently colonises
the upper respiratory tract. Person-to-person transmission occurs via direct contact or …

Emergence of a new Neisseria meningitidis clonal complex 11 lineage 11.2 clade as an effective urogenital pathogen

YL Tzeng, JA Bazan, AN Turner… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Neisseria meningitidis (Nm) clonal complex 11 (cc11) lineage is a hypervirulent pathogen
responsible for outbreaks of invasive meningococcal disease, including among men who …

Acquisition of gonococcal AniA-NorB pathway by the Neisseria meningitidis urethritis clade confers denitrifying and microaerobic respiration advantages for urogenital …

YL Tzeng, S Sannigrahi, Z Berman, E Bourne… - Infection and …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Neisseria meningitidis historically has been an infrequent and sporadic cause of urethritis
and other urogenital infections. However, a nonencapsulated meningococcal clade …

Neisseria meningitidis in specimens from urogenital sites: is increased awareness necessary?

M HAGMAN, L FORSLIN, H MOI… - Sexually transmitted …, 1991 - JSTOR
Neisseria meningitidis serogroups type 2 and Y were isolated from urogenital specimens
from three heterosexual patients. The first patient was a young man with the clinical signs …

Acute urethritis due to Neisseria meningitidis group A acquired by orogenital contact: case report.

AP Wilson, J Wolff, W Atia - Sexually Transmitted Infections, 1989 - sti.bmj.com
A case of heterosexual transmission of Neisseria meningitidis group A by fellatio, which
resulted in acute purulent urethritis in the male partner, is presented. The emotional impact …

[HTML][HTML] Re-emerging and newly recognized sexually transmitted infections: Can prior experiences shed light on future identification and control?

K Bernstein, VB Bowen, CR Kim, MJ Counotte… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Re-emerging and newly recognized sexually transmitted infections: Can prior experiences
shed light on future identification and control? | PLOS Medicine Skip to main content …

Carriage of neisseria meningitidis in men who have sex with men presenting to public sexual health clinics, New York City

S Ngai, D Weiss, JA Bell, D Majrud… - Sexually Transmitted …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background We conducted a Neisseria meningitidis (Nm) carriage study among men who
have sex with men (MSM) to explore possible sexual transmission. Methods We paired …

Anogenital non-gonococcal neisseriae: prevalence and clinical significance

JG McKenna, RJ Fallon, A Moyes… - International journal of …, 1993 - journals.sagepub.com
Over a 13-year period non-gonococcal neisseriae (NGN) were isolated from 114 of 88 670
patients (0.13%) screened for anogenital gonorrhoea at a Genitourinary Medicine Unit …

A review of global epidemiology and response to meningococcal disease outbreaks among men who have sex with men, 2001–2018

SE Oliver, SA Mbaeyi - Current Epidemiology Reports, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Men who have sex with men (MSM) have been previously
shown to be at increased risk for meningococcal disease compared to other men. We …

Nasopharyngeal flora in HIV seropositive men who have sex with men.

EM Carlin, M Hannan, J Walsh, C Talboys… - Sexually Transmitted …, 1997 - sti.bmj.com
OBJECTIVES: To assess, in men who were infected with the human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV) and who identified themselves as having had sex with men; the nasopharyngeal …