Members of the genus Neisseria include pathogens causing important human diseases
such as meningitis, septicaemia, gonorrhoea and pelvic inflammatory disease syndrome …

The alarming rise of antibiotic resistance and the emergence of new vaccine technologies
have increased the focus on vaccination to control gonorrhea. Neisseria gonorrhoeae …

Sexually transmitted infections are a critical public health issue. However, the mechanisms
underlying sexually transmitted infections in women and the link between the infection …

Background Increasing multidrug resistance rates in Neisseria gonorrhoeae have raised
concerns and an urgent call for new antibiotics for treatment of gonorrhoea. Several …

Here, we review sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) caused by pathogenic bacteria and
vaginal infections which result from an overgrowth of opportunistic bacterial microflora. First …

Due to the increased resistance to all available antibiotics and the lack of vaccines,
Neisseria gonorrhoeae (the gonococcus) poses an urgent threat. Although the mechanisms …

Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a bacterial pathogen responsible for the sexually transmitted
infection gonorrhea. Emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) of N. gonorrhoeae …

Cnm, a collagen‐and laminin‐binding protein present in a subset of S treptococcus mutans
strains, mediates binding to extracellular matrices (ECM), intracellular invasion and …

NtrYX is a sensor-histidine kinase/response regulator two-component system that has had
limited characterization in a small number of Alphaproteobacteria. Phylogenetic analysis of …

Colonization and disruption of the epithelium is a major infection mechanism of mucosal
pathogens. The epithelium counteracts infection by exfoliating damaged cells while …