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  • Challenges and Controversie...
    Criss, Alison K; Genco, Caroline A; Gray-Owen, Scott D; Jerse, Ann E; Seifert, H Steven

    mBio, 06/2021, Letnik: 12, Številka: 3
    Journal Article

    The bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Ngo) is the main cause of the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhea. The global incidence of 87 million new Ngo infections each year, rising infection rates, and the emergence of Ngo strains that are resistant to all clinically recommended antibiotics have raised the specter of untreatable infections (M. Unemo, H. S. Seifert, E. W. Hook, III, S. Hawkes, et al., Nat Rev Dis Primers 5:79, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41572-019-0128-6). Given their abundance in symptomatic disease, neutrophils are central to both Ngo infection and consequent damage to host tissues. This article highlights present knowledge and the main open questions about Ngo-neutrophil interactions in immunity versus disease pathogenesis.