Risk factors for community-acquired bacterial meningitis: men who have sex with men (MSM) as a population at risk for meningococcal nasopharyngeal carriage

Infect Dis (Lond). 2019 Sep;51(9):714-717. doi: 10.1080/23744235.2019.1642512. Epub 2019 Jul 22.

Affiliation

¹ a Department of Infectious Diseases, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano "Niguarda" , Milan , Italy.

PMID: 31328610
DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2019.1642512

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Carrier State / microbiology*
Carrier State / transmission*
Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology*
Homosexuality, Male / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Male
Meningitis, Meningococcal / transmission*
Nasopharynx / microbiology*
Neisseria meningitidis
Risk Factors