"Neisseria meningitidis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of gram-negative, aerobic BACTERIA. It is a commensal and pathogen only of humans, and can be carried asymptomatically in the NASOPHARYNX. When found in cerebrospinal fluid it is the causative agent of cerebrospinal meningitis (MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL). It is also found in venereal discharges and blood. There are at least 13 serogroups based on antigenic differences in the capsular polysaccharides; the ones causing most meningitis infections being A, B, C, Y, and W-135. Each serogroup can be further classified by serotype, serosubtype, and immunotype.
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D009345
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.400.425.550.550.641 B03.660.075.525.520.500
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Neisseria meningitidis" by people in Profiles.
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Structural, Functional, and Immunogenic Insights on Cu,Zn Superoxide Dismutase Pathogenic Virulence Factors from Neisseria meningitidis and Brucella abortus. J Bacteriol. 2015 Dec; 197(24):3834-47.
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Altered neutrophil counts at diagnosis of invasive meningococcal infection in children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Oct; 32(10):1070-2.
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Efficient genome engineering in human pluripotent stem cells using Cas9 from Neisseria meningitidis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Sep 24; 110(39):15644-9.
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An adolescent female with fever, rash, and arthralgias. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2013 May; 52(5):475-8.
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Timing of adolescent meningococcal conjugate vaccination attitudes and practices of pediatricians and family medicine physicians. Am J Prev Med. 2011 Dec; 41(6):581-7.
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Children with bacterial meningitis presenting to the emergency department during the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine era. Acad Emerg Med. 2008 Jun; 15(6):522-8.
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Unusual soft tissue manifestations of Neisseria meningitidis infections. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2008 May; 47(4):400-3.
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Longitudinal study of meningococcal carrier rates in teenagers. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2008 Jul; 211(3-4):263-72.
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Multicenter surveillance of invasive meningococcal infections in children. Pediatrics. 2006 Oct; 118(4):e979-84.
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Microbial DNA typing by automated repetitive-sequence-based PCR. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Jan; 43(1):199-207.