A first meningococcal meningitis case caused by serogroup X Neisseria meningitidis strains in China

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 664-666

  Chen, Chao ^a   Zhang, Tie Gang ^b   He, Jing Guo ^b   Wu, Jiang ^b   Chen, Li Juan ^b   Liu, Jun Feng ^c   Pang, Xing Huo ^b   Yang, Jie ^b   Shao, Zhu Jun ^b   Huang, Ying Chun ^d  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d BEIJING UNION UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Multilocus sequence typing; Neisseria meningitidis; Serogroup X

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHINA; CONFUSION; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NAUSEA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PETECHIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 46449099595     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200804010-00017     Document Type: Article

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