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Emerg Infect Dis
; 25(5): 972-975, 2019 05.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31002061
RESUMO
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.
Assuntos
Conjuntivite/epidemiologia , Conjuntivite/microbiologia , Infecções Meningocócicas/epidemiologia , Infecções Meningocócicas/microbiologia , Neisseria meningitidis , Conjuntivite/história , Feminino , Genoma Bacteriano , História do Século XXI , Humanos , Recém-Nascido , Masculino , Infecções Meningocócicas/história , New York/epidemiologia , Filogenia , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Uretrite/epidemiologia , Uretrite/microbiologia , Sequenciamento Completo do Genoma
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Emerg Infect Dis
; 23(2): 332-335, 2017 02.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28098543
RESUMO
Approximately 20% of Shigella isolates tested in New York City, New York, USA, during 2013-2015 displayed decreased azithromycin susceptibility. Case-patients were older and more frequently male and HIV infected than those with azithromycin-susceptible Shigella infection; 90% identified as men who have sex with men. Clinical interpretation guidelines for azithromycin resistance and outcome studies are needed.