Genomic Characterization of Emerging Bacterial Uropathogen Neisseria meningitidis, Which Was Misidentified as Neisseria gonorrhoeae by Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing

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Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae are pathogenic bacteria that can cause human infections. While N. meningitidis infections are associated with bacterial meningitis and bacteremia, a strain of N. meningitidis , isolated from the urogenital system, has recently been associated with urethritis.

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