Two Cases of Newly Characterized Neisseria Species, Brazil

Authors :: Daniel R. Evans
Hamilton Ribeiro
Loeci Timm
Elizabeth S F Coltro
Alessandro Monteiro
Lee H. Harrison
Ramon Marx
Marissa P. Griffith
Claudio Tavares Sacchi
A. William Pasculle
Daria Van Tyne
Jane W. Marsh
Christian A Siebra
Ana Paula Silva de Lemos
Mustapha M. Mustapha
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 26, Iss 2, Pp 366-369 (2020), Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020.
Abstract: We describe 2 human cases of infection with a new Neisseria species (putatively N. brasiliensis), 1 of which involved bacteremia. Genomic analyses found that both isolates were distinct strains of the same species, were closely related to N. iguanae, and contained a capsule synthesis operon similar to N. meningitidis.

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