Six different strains of Neisseria meningitidis in a case with meningococcal sepsis and five contact persons in a boys' home

Infection

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 157-160

  Linde, H ^a   Gluck T ^b   Metz, M ^a   Reng, C ^b   Erlmeier, S ^c   Lehn, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c Dist Off Regensburg Pub Hlth   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carriage; Chemoprophylaxis; Epidemiology; Neisseria meningitidis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OROPHARYNX; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCREENING; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEROTYPING; STAFF; THROAT CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHARYNX; RIFAMPIN;

EID: 0034075359     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s150100050070     Document Type: Article

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