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However, its contemporary prevalence is unknown, and no molecular diagnostic tests are commercially available. With the widespread transition to molecular methods for sexually transmitted infection screening, high-throughput well-validated molecular methods for Neisseria meningitidis detection in urine may be useful for surveillance and diagnosis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We tested for N meningitidis using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in 1005 residual urine specimens from male patients submitted for standard-of-care gonorrhea\/chlamydia testing. Patients were designated \u201csymptomatic\u201d if an International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision code matching urethritis, dysuria, or urethral discharge was noted or \u201crandom\u201d if not. A sodC-targeted PCR was adapted on the Panther Fusion system (Hologic) for initial testing; orthogonal metA-targeted PCR was used for confirmation of initial positive results.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The overall prevalence (95% confidence interval) of N meningitidis was 1.5% (0.8%\u20132.5%) when considering initial results, and 0.5% (0.2%\u20131.2%) when considering only samples with successful confirmation. An initial detection of meningococcus more frequently confirmed as positive from patients in the symptomatic compared with the random cohort (100% vs 9.1%; P = .004). The positive and negative percentage agreement (95% confidence interval) of sodC PCR with metA PCR as reference were 100% (47.8%\u2013100%) and 91.7% (85.2%\u201395.9%), respectively. Only 1 of 15 patients who were sodC positive had meningococcal urethritis diagnosed by culture.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our molecular prevalence study revealed that meningococcal urethritis is likely underdiagnosed in Ohio men, with 1 case for every 4\u201311 men with urogenital gonorrhea. 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