title: Notes from the Field: Increase in Neisseria meningitidis-Associated Urethritis Among Men at Two Sentinel Clinics - Columbus, Ohio, and Oakland County, Michigan, 2015.
abstract: Neisseria meningitidis (Nm) urogenital infections, although less common than infections caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Ng), have been associated with urethritis, cervicitis, proctitis, and pelvic inflammatory disease. Nm can appear similar to Ng on Gram stain analysis (gram-negative intracellular diplococci) (1-5). Because Nm colonizes the nasopharynx, men who receive oral sex (fellatio) can acquire urethral Nm infections (1,3,5). This report describes an increase in Nm-associated urethritis in men attending sexual health clinics in Columbus, Ohio, and Oakland County, Michigan.
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mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000150:complications*; D008824:Michigan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009820:Ohio / Q000453:epidemiology; D014526:Urethritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D055815:Young Adult