title: Neisseria meningitidis urethritis: a case report highlighting clinical similarities to and epidemiological differences from gonococcal urethritis.
abstract: An adult male presented to the Hawaii Health Department with a purulent urethral discharge. Urethral Gram stain examination led to a presumptive gonorrhea diagnosis even though his sexual history was nonsupportive. Culture results identified Neisseria meningitidis. This case report highlights the clinical similarities and differing epidemiology of these Neisseria urethritides.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA. katz@hawaii.edu
authors.forename: Alan R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: Rachelle
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chasnoff
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Komeya
authors.forename: Maria Veneranda C
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003470:Culture Media; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006254:Hawaii / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000235:genetics; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014526:Urethritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media