"Neisseria" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A genus of gram-negative, aerobic, coccoid bacteria whose organisms are part of the normal flora of the oropharynx, nasopharynx, and genitourinary tract. Some species are primary pathogens for humans.
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D009343
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.400.425.550.550 B03.660.075.525.520
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Neisseria" by people in Profiles.
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Evaluation of different testing tools for the identification of non-gonococcal Neisseria spp. isolated from Lebanese male semen: a strong and significant association with infertility. J Med Microbiol. 2019 Jul; 68(7):1012-1020.
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Oropharyngeal microbiome evaluation highlights Neisseria abundance in active celiac patients. Sci Rep. 2018 07 23; 8(1):11047.
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Difference of lower airway microbiome in bilateral protected specimen brush between lung cancer patients with unilateral lobar masses and control subjects. Int J Cancer. 2018 02 15; 142(4):769-778.
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A modified multilocus sequence typing protocol to genotype Kingella kingae from oropharyngeal swabs without bacterial isolation. BMC Microbiol. 2017 Sep 21; 17(1):200.
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Fatal Neisseria macacae infective endocarditis: first report. Infection. 2017 Jun; 45(3):369-371.
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The First Case Report of Acute Cholangitis and Bacteremia Due to Neisseria subflava. Intern Med. 2017; 56(2):221-223.
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Structural basis for iron piracy by pathogenic Neisseria. Nature. 2012 Feb 12; 483(7387):53-8.