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Since 2015 in the United States (US), the US urethritis clade (US_NmUC) has caused a large multistate outbreak of urethritis among heterosexual males. Its ‘parent’ strain caused numerous outbreaks of invasive meningococcal disease among men who have sex with men in Europe and North America. We highlight the arrival and dissemination of US_NmUC in the United Kingdom and the emergence of multiple antibiotic resistance. Surveillance systems should be developed that include anogenital meningococci.

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Detection of the United States Neisseria meningitidis urethritis clade in the United Kingdom, August and December 2019 – emergence of multiple antibiotic resistance calls for vigilance
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Avril+Brooks&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Brooks Avril</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jay+Lucidarme&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lucidarme Jay</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Helen+Campbell&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Campbell Helen</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Laura+Campbell&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Campbell Laura</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Helen+Fifer&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Fifer Helen</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Steve+Gray&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Gray Steve</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Gwenda+Hughes&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Hughes Gwenda</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Aiswarya+Lekshmi&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lekshmi Aiswarya</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Gabriel+Schembri&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Schembri Gabriel</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Michael+Rayment&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Rayment Michael</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Shamez+N+Ladhani&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Ladhani Shamez N</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Mary+E+Ramsay&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Ramsay Mary E</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ray+Borrow&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Borrow Ray</a></span>. Detection of the United States Neisseria meningitidis urethritis clade in the United Kingdom, August and December 2019 – emergence of multiple antibiotic resistance calls for vigilance. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2020;25(15):pii=2000375. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.15.2000375" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.15.2000375</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 20 Mar 2020;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 15 Apr 2020 </span> </p>
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