title: Isolation of Neisseria meningitidis in urogenital/rectal infections.
abstract: In 9 cases (6 men, 3 women) during 1975 we have isolated N. meningitidis from routine samples from urogenital/rectal locations to be examined for gonococci by culture. One of the men harboured meningococci in the rectum, the other 5 in the urethra. Two of the women had meningococci in the cervix and one in the urethra. Of the meningococci isolated, one belonged to serogroup A, 6 to group B and 2 to group C. Six of the patients, 4 men and 2 women, who attended the Department of Venereal Diseases, are described in greater detail. Of these, only one had symptoms. The meningococci disappeared spontaneously in 5 cases, whilst a man with unsymptomatic infection still harboured meningococci in the rectum after one month. Two of the 4 men were homosexual.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008589:Meningococcal Infections; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010614:Pharynx / Q000382:microbiology*; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D012007:Rectum / Q000382:microbiology*; D014521:Urethra / Q000382:microbiology; D014522:Urethral Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D014566:Urogenital System / Q000382:microbiology*; D002575:Uterine Cervicitis / Q000382:microbiology*