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

Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 May;25(5):972-975. doi: 10.3201/eid2505.181631.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: MSM; Neisseria meningitidis; New York; New York City; US urethritis clade; United States; antimicrobial resistance; bacteria; men who have sex with men; meningitis/encephalitis; neonatal conjunctivitis; whole-genome sequencing.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Conjunctivitis* / diagnosis
  • Conjunctivitis* / microbiology
  • Female
  • Genome, Bacterial
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Meningococcal Infections* / diagnosis
  • Meningococcal Infections* / microbiology
  • Neisseria meningitidis* / genetics
  • Neisseria meningitidis* / isolation & purification
  • New York
  • Phylogeny
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Whole Genome Sequencing