Oliver Sara E, Retchless Adam C, Blain Amy E, McNamara Lucy A, Ahrabifard Susann, Farley Monica, Weiss Don, Zaremski Elizabeth, Wang Xin, Hariri Susan
Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Jan 25;9(4):ofac035. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac035. eCollection 2022 Apr.
We describe cases of invasive meningococcal disease caused by nongroupable belonging to a novel phylogenetic clade associated with urethritis. Seven cases were identified, comprising 0.6% of sequenced invasive meningococcal disease isolates from 2013 to 2017. Five patients had a known or likely immunocompromising condition, including 2 with a complement deficiency.
我们描述了由不可分组的、属于与尿道炎相关的新系统发育分支的脑膜炎奈瑟菌引起的侵袭性脑膜炎球菌病病例。共鉴定出7例,占2013年至2017年测序的侵袭性脑膜炎球菌病分离株的0.6%。5例患者有已知或可能的免疫功能低下情况,其中2例有补体缺陷。