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European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
Published in: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 8/2004

01-08-2004 | Brief Report

Meningococcal urethritis in a heterosexual man

Authors: B. Orden, R. Martínez-Ruíz, C. González-Manjavacas, T. Mombiela, R. Millán

Published in: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases | Issue 8/2004

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Sexual transmission of meningococcal strains may cause infection of the lower genital tract in women and homosexual men, resulting in anogenital carriage in addition to oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal carriage [1]. We report here the isolation of Neisseria meningitidis in pure culture from a heterosexual man with acute urethritis, first diagnosed presumptively as Neisseria gonorrhoeae but later confirmed as N. meningitidis serogroup C. …
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Metadata
Title
Meningococcal urethritis in a heterosexual man
Authors
B. Orden
R. Martínez-Ruíz
C. González-Manjavacas
T. Mombiela
R. Millán
Publication date
01-08-2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases / Issue 8/2004
Print ISSN: 0934-9723
Electronic ISSN: 1435-4373
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-004-1178-5

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