Neonatal Conjunctivitis Caused by Neisseria meningitidis US Urethritis Clade, New York, USA, August 2017

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Kretz, Cecilia B. ; Bergeron, Genevieve ; Aldrich, Margaret ; Bloch, Danielle ; Del Rosso, Paula E. ; Halse, Tanya A. ; Ostrowsky, Belinda ; Liu, Qinghuan ; Gonzalez, Edimarlyn ; Omoregie, Enoma ; Chicaiza, Ludwin ; Zayas, Greicy ; Tha, Bun ; Liang, Angela ; Wang, Jade C. ; Levi, Michael ; Hughes, Scott ; Musser, Kimberlee A. ; Weiss, Don ; Rakeman, Jennifer L.
• Description:
  We characterized a case of neonatal conjunctivitis in New York, USA, caused by Neisseria meningitidis by using whole-genome sequencing. The case was a rare occurrence, and the isolate obtained belonged to an emerging clade (N. meningitidis US nongroupable urethritis) associated with an increase in cases of urethritis since 2015.
• Subjects:
  Conjunctivitis/Epidemiology Conjunctivitis/History Conjunctivitis/Microbiology Female Genome, Bacterial History, 21St Century Humans Infant, Newborn Male Meningococcal Infections/Epidemiology Meningococcal Infections/History Meningococcal Infections/Microbiology Neisseria Meningitidis Phylogeny Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide Urethritis Whole Genome Sequencing

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 25(5):972-975
• Pubmed ID:
  31002061
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6478211
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Historical Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York City, NY
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7fa11bd11c4ae2f722bd3ceae7998b5b7979765c13dfd5f5a365dc76ebe26daf
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/79355/cdc_79355_DS1.pdf
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