Two Cases of Newly Characterized Neisseria Species, Brazil

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Mustapha, Mustapha M. ; Lemos, Ana Paula S. ; Griffith, Marissa P. ; Evans, Daniel R. ; Marx, Ramon ; Coltro, Elizabeth S.F. ; Siebra, Christian A. ; Timm, Loeci ; Ribeiro, Hamilton ; Monteiro, Alessandro ; Pasculle, A. William ; Marsh, Jane W. ; Van Tyne, Daria ; Harrison, Lee H. ; Sacchi, Claudio T.
• Description:
  We describe 2 human cases of infection with a new Neisseria species (putatively N. brasiliensis), 1 of which involved bacteremia. Genomic analyses found that both isolates were distinct strains of the same species, were closely related to N. iguanae, and contained a capsule synthesis operon similar to N. meningitidis.
• Subjects:
  Aged Female Humans Male Meningococcal Infections Middle Aged Neisseria
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 26(2):366-369
• Pubmed ID:
  31961306
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6986830
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Letter
• Place as Subject:
  Brazil
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:206ee10989f86cd6d41d128edfb33bdad5b70c37305c1a7ce63b6c03a7e78fe2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/84817/cdc_84817_DS1.pdf
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