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Neisseria meningitidis

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Definition: 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.  specific serogroups are also available; infection: probably MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL or, if not meningitis, MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS   
Examples Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup A; Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup B; Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup C; Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup W-135; Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup Y 		Other names Meningococcus
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
serogroup C meningococcal conjugate vaccine  0   *Meningococcal Vaccines Neisseria meningitidis Vaccines, Conjugate. JAMA 2000 Jun 7;283(21):2795-801
Omp85 protein, Neisseria  0   *Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins Neisseria gonorrhoeae Neisseria meningitidis. Microb Pathol 1998 Jul;25(1):11-21
iroA protein, bacteria  0   *Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins Neisseria meningitidis. Infect Immun 1993 Nov;61(11):4724-33
lipB protein, Neisseria  0   *Bacterial Proteins Neisseria meningitidis. Mol Microbiol 1993 May;8(3):483-93
lipA protein, Neisseria  0   *Bacterial Proteins Neisseria meningitidis. Mol Microbiol 1993 May;8(3):483-93
N-propyl group B meningococcal polysaccharide  0   *Polysaccharides, Bacterial Antigens, Bacterial Neisseria meningitidis. J Exp Med 1987;165(4):1207
capsular polysaccharide, meningococcal group B  0   *Bacterial Capsules Antigens, Bacterial Neisseria meningitidis. J Gen Microbiol 1983;129:2451
meningococcal group C polysaccharide  0   *Polysaccharides, Bacterial Antigens, Bacterial Neisseria meningitidis. Carbohydr Res 1983;113(1):45

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