Meningococcemia and meningitis due to neisseria meningitidis W135 developed in two cases vaccinated with bivalent (A/C) meningococcal vaccine;Bi̇valan (A/C) meni̇ngokok aşisi i̇le aşilanmiş i̇ki̇ olguda neisseria meningitidis W135'e baǧli geli̇şen meni̇ngokoksemi̇ ve menenji̇t

Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 473-478

  Turhan, Vedat ^a   Acar, Ali ^a   Kiliç, Abdullah ^b   Budak, Sinem ^a   Öncül, Oral ^a   Haznedaročlu, Tunçer ^a   Görenek, Levent ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bivalent meningococcal vaccine; Meningitis; Meningococcemia; Neisseria meningitidis; Serogroup W135

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; FATALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SEROTYPING; SOLDIER; STANDARD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VACCINATION;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP W-135; PENICILLINS; SEROTYPING; TURKEY; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956386147     PISSN: 03749096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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