Neisseria mucosa explained

Neisseria mucosa is a species of Neisseria.

It is notable among Neisseria for its ability to metabolize sucrose.[1] It can cause endocarditis.[2] While N. mucosa is a rather rare cause of endocarditis, cases of N. mucosa endocarditis have been reported along with symptoms such as painful finger nodules, fever, headache, and tremors.[3] [4] In certain cases, patients can become terminal from this strain of the infection but for those that survive, treatment of N. mucosa endocarditis usually takes around 6 weeks.

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  1. Web site: Acid Detection Test- Gonorrhea - STD information from CDC .
  2. Tronel H, Chaudemanche H, Pechier N, Doutrelant L, Hoen B . Endocarditis due to Neisseria mucosa after tongue piercing . Clin. Microbiol. Infect. . 7 . 5 . 275–6 . May 2001 . 11422256 . 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2001.00241.x . free .
  3. Logar. M.. Lejko Zupanc. T.. Rojko. T.. P48 Infective Endocarditis Caused by Neisseria Mucosa . 2013-05-01. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. Abstracts from the 12 International Symposium on Modern Concepts in Endocarditis and Cardiovascular Infections. en. 41. S21. 10.1016/S0924-8579(13)70072-4. 0924-8579.
  4. Pilmis. Benoît. Lefort. Agnès. Lecuit. Marc. Join-Lambert. Olivier. Nassif. Xavier. Lortholary. Olivier. Charlier. Caroline. June 2014. Endocarditis due to Neisseria mucosa: Case report and review of 21 cases. Journal of Infection. 68. 6. 601–604. 10.1016/j.jinf.2014.02.007. 24561019 . 0163-4453.

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