TY - JOUR AU - Kretz, Cecilia AU - Bergeron, Genevieve AU - Aldrich, Margaret AU - Bloch, Danielle AU - Del Rosso, Paula AU - Halse, Tanya AU - Ostrowsky, Belinda AU - Liu, Qinghuan AU - Gonzalez, Edimarlyn AU - Omoregie, Enoma AU - Chicaiza, Ludwin AU - Zayas, Greicy AU - Tha, Bun AU - Liang, Angela AU - Wang, Jade AU - Levi, Michael AU - Hughes, Scott AU - Musser, Kimberlee AU - Weiss, Don AU - Rakeman, Jennifer T1 - Neonatal Conjunctivitis Caused by Neisseria meningitidis US Urethritis Clade, New York, USA, August 2017 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2019 VL - 25 IS - 5 SP - 972 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We characterized a case of neonatal conjunctivitis in New York, USA, caused by Neisseria meningitidis by using whole-genome sequencing. The case was a rare occurrence, and the isolate obtained belonged to an emerging clade (N. meningitidis US nongroupable urethritis) associated with an increase in cases of urethritis since 2015. KW - meningitis/encephalitis KW - whole-genome sequencing KW - Neisseria meningitidis KW - bacteria KW - US urethritis clade KW - neonatal conjunctivitis KW - New York City KW - New York KW - United States KW - antimicrobial resistance KW - men who have sex with men KW - MSM DO - 10.3201/eid2505.181631 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/5/18-1631_article ER - End of Reference