An unexpected increase in Neisseria meningitidis genital isolates among sexual health clinic attendees, Hamilton, New Zealand

Sex Transm Dis. 2008 May;35(5):469-71. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181659248.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • DNA, Bacterial / analysis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Meningococcal / diagnosis*
  • Meningitis, Meningococcal / drug therapy
  • Meningitis, Meningococcal / microbiology
  • Nasopharynx / microbiology
  • Neisseria meningitidis / isolation & purification*
  • New Zealand
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / drug therapy
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / microbiology
  • Vaginal Smears

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • DNA, Bacterial