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Herein, we present two rare cases of female genital infections due to N. meningitidis within a two-year period (2019\u20132020), identified as serogroup B (MenB) and Y (MenY), respectively. Genotypic analysis for PorA, FetA and MLST revealed the following characteristics: MenB: 7-12, 14, F5-36, 1572cc and MenY: 5-1,10-1, F4-5, 23cc, respectively. Such unusual presentations should alert the clinicians and microbiologists not to exclude N. meningitidis from routine diagnosis and the need of early detection. This is the first report in Greece, and, to our knowledge, in Europe since 2005 describing meningococcal female genital infections.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/diagnostics11071265","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,14]],"date-time":"2021-07-14T21:56:51Z","timestamp":1626299811000},"page":"1265","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Symptomatic Female Genital Tract Infections Due to Neisseria meningitidis in Athens, Greece"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Anastasios","family":"Tsakalos","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Microbiology Department, \u201cGeorgios Gennimatas\u201d General Hospital of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2959-8216","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Athanasia","family":"Xirogianni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Meningitis Reference Laboratory, Department of Public Health Policy, School of Public Health, University of West Attica, 11521 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Georgia","family":"Ekonomou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Gynecology Department, \u201cGeorgios Gennimatas\u201d General Hospital of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anastasia","family":"Papandreou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Meningitis Reference Laboratory, Department of Public Health Policy, School of Public Health, University of West Attica, 11521 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Efstratios","family":"Prokopiou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Gynecology Department, \u201cGeorgios Gennimatas\u201d General Hospital of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eleni","family":"Vagiakou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Microbiology Department, \u201cGeorgios Gennimatas\u201d General Hospital of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Georgina","family":"Tzanakaki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Meningitis Reference Laboratory, Department of Public Health Policy, School of Public Health, University of West Attica, 11521 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1007\/978-1-61779-346-2_1","article-title":"Neisseria meningitidis: Biology, Microbiology, and Epidemiology","volume":"Volume 799","author":"Rouphael","year":"2012","journal-title":"Methods in Molecular Biology"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"566","DOI":"10.3201\/eid1904.111799","article-title":"Description and Nomenclature of Neisseria meningitidis Capsule Locus","volume":"19","author":"Harrison","year":"2013","journal-title":"Emerg. 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