@article{90c636e9d4354c61a63d22358b9cd453,
title = "Neonatal conjunctivitis caused by neisseria meningitidis us urethritis clade, New York, USA, August 2017",
abstract = "We characterized a case of neonatal conjunctivitis in New York, USA, caused by Neisseria meningitidis by using whole-genome sequencing. The case was a rare occurrence, and the isolate obtained belonged to an emerging clade (N. meningitidis US nongroupable urethritis) associated with an increase in cases of urethritis since 2015.",
author = "Kretz, {Cecilia B.} and Genevieve Bergeron and Margaret Aldrich and Danielle Bloch and {Del Rosso}, {Paula E.} and Halse, {Tanya A.} and Belinda Ostrowsky and Qinghuan Liu and Edimarlyn Gonzalez and Enoma Omoregie and Ludwin Chicaiza and Greicy Zayas and Bun Tha and Angela Liang and Wang, {Jade C.} and Michael Levi and Scott Hughes and Musser, {Kimberlee A.} and Don Weiss and Rakeman, {Jennifer L.}",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Justine Edwards and the Bacterial Meningitis Laboratory, Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Disease Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, and the Antimicrobial Resistance and Characterization Laboratory, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for participating in this study. This study was supported by an Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases Cooperative Agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Funding Information: This study was supported by an Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases Cooperative Agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved.",
year = "2019",
month = may,
doi = "10.3201/eid2505.181631",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "25",
pages = "972--975",
journal = "Emerging Infectious Diseases",
issn = "1080-6040",
publisher = "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)",
number = "5",
}
