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Detection of the United States Neisseria meningitidis urethritis clade in the United Kingdom, August and December 2019 - emergence of multiple antibiotic resistance calls for vigilance.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 1 Apr 2020
Brooks Avril, Lucidarme Jay, Campbell Helen, Campbell Laura, Fifer Helen, Gray Steve, Hughes Gwenda, Lekshmi Aiswarya, Schembri Gabriel, Rayment Michael, Ladhani Shamez N, Ramsay Mary E, Borrow Ray
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Since 2015 in the United States (US), the US Neisseria meningitidis urethritis clade (US_NmUC) has caused a large multistate outbreak of urethritis among heterosexual males. Its 'parent' strain caused numerous outbreaks of invasive meningococcal disease among men who have sex with men in Europe and North America. We highlight the arrival and dissemination of US_NmUC in the United Kingdom and the emergence of...
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