Isolation of N. meningitidis from the male urethra has become more common in recent years and this has been attributed to sexual activities and changes in social attitudes. We describe a further case of acute urethritis caused by transmission of N. meningitidis occurring after a single sexual contact (fellatio) in a heterosexual man. The urethritis was initially diagnosed as being caused by N. gonorrhoeae on a presumptive basis, then attributed to N. meningitidis serogroup Y. This case shows the need of accurate diagnostic procedures in all cases resembling gonococcal urethritis.
%0 Journal Article
%1 quarto_urethritis_1991
%A Quarto, M
%A Barbuti, S
%A Germinario, C
%A Vena, G A
%A Foti, C
%D 1991
%J European Journal of Epidemiology
%K Adult, Ampicillin, Behavior, Humans, Infections, Injections, Intramuscular, Male, Meningococcal Neisseria Sexual Urethra, Urethritis meningitidis,
%N 6
%P 699--701
%T Urethritis caused by neisseria meningitidis: a case report
%U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1783066
%V 7
%X Isolation of N. meningitidis from the male urethra has become more common in recent years and this has been attributed to sexual activities and changes in social attitudes. We describe a further case of acute urethritis caused by transmission of N. meningitidis occurring after a single sexual contact (fellatio) in a heterosexual man. The urethritis was initially diagnosed as being caused by N. gonorrhoeae on a presumptive basis, then attributed to N. meningitidis serogroup Y. This case shows the need of accurate diagnostic procedures in all cases resembling gonococcal urethritis.
@article{quarto_urethritis_1991,
abstract = {Isolation of N. meningitidis from the male urethra has become more common in recent years and this has been attributed to sexual activities and changes in social attitudes. We describe a further case of acute urethritis caused by transmission of N. meningitidis occurring after a single sexual contact (fellatio) in a heterosexual man. The urethritis was initially diagnosed as being caused by N. gonorrhoeae on a presumptive basis, then attributed to N. meningitidis serogroup Y. This case shows the need of accurate diagnostic procedures in all cases resembling gonococcal urethritis.},
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author = {Quarto, M and Barbuti, S and Germinario, C and Vena, G A and Foti, C},
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journal = {European Journal of Epidemiology},
keywords = {Adult, Ampicillin, Behavior, Humans, Infections, Injections, Intramuscular, Male, Meningococcal Neisseria Sexual Urethra, Urethritis meningitidis,},
month = nov,
note = {{PMID:} 1783066},
number = 6,
pages = {699--701},
shorttitle = {Urethritis caused by neisseria meningitidis},
timestamp = {2011-03-11T10:06:50.000+0100},
title = {Urethritis caused by neisseria meningitidis: a case report},
url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1783066},
volume = 7,
year = 1991
}